The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 26, 2018
User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 26
  3. Negative: 5 out of 26

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  1. umathurman
    May 13, 2018
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    Pretty interesting so far! Want to see more. I'm a huge docu fan, so always looking for more to add to my must watch list - this is close.

Awards & Rankings

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#7 Best TV Season of 2018
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#91 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Richard Roeper
    Dec 14, 2018
    100
    My only complaint about the film is it felt too short.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Mar 28, 2018
    90
    Zen Diaries often loses focus, or gives excessive time to clips that seem extraneous. But it’s easy to forgive, because Apatow’s affection for his subject is so palpable, and so contagious, and because in the scattered collage of film and photos and affirmations and jokes it pinpoints the truth Shandling was looking for. ... The power of Zen Diaries is that it allows you to share, for a few hours, a sense of what that must have felt like.
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  3. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Mar 26, 2018
    90
    Offers a fascinating window into one of comedy's most fertile minds.
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