Nestor G
The First season was ok a bit depressing but it passed. The second season repeats the cancer thing...no that's a used resource. He already had prostate cancer and, now on the second lung cancer? Mmm, they should be a little more subtle no?
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
10/12/23
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I really like this show. Douglas and Arkin are both superb in their roles. But....., really the fat girl could only reel in an over the hill, bald, loser (retired school teacher with very modest means)!!?? Way to go, perpetuating the stereotype that fat women need to settle for whatever schmuck will give them any attention.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/09/23
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Even better than season one! The writing on this programme is stellar brilliant.The acting is brilliant, fantastic character, funny, sad, entertaining. If you don't watch anything on Netflix, watch this!!
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/09/23
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renaldo d
Character development is done in a subtle and brilliant way.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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dave d
It's a nifty diversion with enough laughs and really smart and witty writing.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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It's been a long time since I recommended a show to anyone, but this one is worthwhile. Season 1 is slow despite the death of Eileen to expedite the story lines, with Eileen's ghost appearing clunkily, but Season 2 is everything that Season 1 isn't.
I feel like Season 2 is the tip of the iceberg, and this show needs to go on as the antidote to shows like "Curb Your Enthusiasm" which has been aging on season after season, with no emotional development in its characters. Chuck Lorre (someone I've always thought of as a sitcom king) really brings a real and sweet vulnerability to all the characters, and Kominsky's acting classroom is just a wonderful place to explore the play within a play, the new versus the old.
Paul Reiser is the hidden gem of this show playing Martin, and displays a full nuanced emotional range that is so stunning, I have an appreciation for him like I never had before.
Nancy Travis plays the best drunk I have ever seen in my life. Unbelievable. I love that this show plays out the consequences of what happens when you indulge in certain pleasures, and Nancy is so beautiful in this part. It's great to see an actress who is in her skin for her age and dazzling! And I mean that as no insult, just that she is such a breath of fresh air. It took this show for me to realize how great she is as a performer.
Lisa Edelstein's and Alan Arkin's Daddy-Daughter dynamic is brutal and outstanding in Season 2, whereas Season 1 glazes over their broken relationship with jokes.
I also love that the underlying theme of this show is Dad-Daughter relationships. As a daughter of an 70-something Dad, the constant prostate mentions, and the antiquated ideas Kominsky sometimes introduces into his teaching practices, are all to familiar.
Love this show, it should be on for 10 more years, and every actor over 60 in Hollywood should be a part of it. They definitely shouldn't shelf this after 3 seasons, as this is Lorre's masterpiece on life in a nuthouse. If nothing else, Lorre should take Reiser up on a new show where he's the star, as I never watched "Mad About You", but I'd watch Reiser headline a Kominsky-like dramedy in the future. Please get Eddie Pepitone to star as Reiser's brother in this future-dramedy, as Reiser looks like Pepitone in drag as Martin.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/09/23
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