With Love

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7

Critic Reviews

  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Kristen Lopez
    Dec 17, 2021
    83
    The situations here aren’t new, but they feel different in Calderón Kellett’s hands. “With Love” is a vibrant and engaging original on par with some of the best network content out there — deliciously captivating and hard to stop watching.
  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Dec 17, 2021
    80
    If you find Hallmark’s holiday movies to be a little too sappy for your taste, With Love will scratch that itch you may have for a warm family-oriented romcom, with just a bit more representation and edge.
  3. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Dec 17, 2021
    80
    If you find Hallmark’s holiday movies to be a little too sappy for your taste, With Love will scratch that itch you may have for a warm family-oriented romcom, with just a bit more representation and edge.
  5. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Inkoo Kang
    Dec 17, 2021
    80
    The ultra-sincere spirit of “One Day at a Time” feels alive and well in “With Love,” which isn’t quite as polished as that earlier show, but recalls it in its skillful and occasionally surprising swerves between humor and poignancy (as well as in its slight preachiness).
  6. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Jan 7, 2022
    70
    I grew fond of the characters, most of them Latino, some of them LGBTQ, none of them quite as flat and cookie-cutter-ish as those you might find on Hallmark and Lifetime. ... It’s all warm and filled with familial love, and even the trans story line is defined by happiness, not trauma. Reality? Bitterness? Loneliness? In “With Love,” they’re beside the point.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Angie Han
    Dec 16, 2021
    70
    Depending on your mood, it might not matter that much if the storylines wrap up a little too neatly, or the supporting characters feel a little bit flat, or no one seems to have any life outside their family and love interests. With Love is a warm hug of a show that pulls you in and reassures you everything’s going to be all right.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Caroline Framke
    Dec 16, 2021
    70
    There’s plenty of empathetic charm lying in between the lines of “With Love.” The problem is that those lines get more and more stilted, taking many of the performances with them. When “With Love” is at its best, though, it’s usually when focusing on its two queerer couples.