Too Funny To Fail
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 21, 2017
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Sean O'Neal
    Oct 20, 2017
    83
    It’s a film for believers, made with affection and with the assertion that the show was truly underappreciated in its time.
  2. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Oct 20, 2017
    80
    Too Funny to Fail succeeds in being funny about failure.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Margaret Lyons
    Oct 20, 2017
    80
    As sweetheart hagiographies go, the doc is joyous and funny. No one seems bitter or cynical, and the movie is less an excavation and more just a sublime collection of hilarious people speaking thoughtfully about silly clips from 20 years ago.
  5. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Oct 20, 2017
    80
    [A] hilariously fond remembrance. [16-29 Oct 2017, p.15]
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  6. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Oct 20, 2017
    70
    If you’re a comedy nerd or happened to read GQ’s oral history of The Dana Carvey Show a few years ago — you’re not going to learn anything terribly new. But if you know very little about the button-pushing ABC sketch-comedy series built around the former Saturday Night Live MVP and featuring a murderers’ row of writing and performing talent, the 90-minute film will be a revelation. And no matter which category you fall into, you’ll probably be entertained regardless, because it’s funny to listen to very funny people talk about making a piece of television that was an immediate, abject failure with the mainstream public.

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Daniel_Campbell
    Mar 5, 2019
    9
    Easily one of the funniest, and oddly heartwarming, documentaries I've ever seen. A look into 90's television and how insane the networkEasily one of the funniest, and oddly heartwarming, documentaries I've ever seen. A look into 90's television and how insane the network television gold rush was. There is one part in particular that I laughed so hard at, that is woke up my family sleeping on the other side of the house. If you are interested in documentaries, behind the scenes comedy, the 90's, or the start of the careers of some of the most talented people in show business (Carvey, Colbert, Carell, C.K., Kauffman, Carlock) then this doc is a Must-Watch.… Full Review »
  2. DUMARF
    Nov 5, 2017
    8
    this comedy is very funny, because it is compilation of different scenes of movies and they making of same scenes more funny, I think isthis comedy is very funny, because it is compilation of different scenes of movies and they making of same scenes more funny, I think is interesting see this chapters, because always it is good have one smile. good chapter.thanks… Full Review »
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