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Flight of the Conchords: Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 17, 2007
  • Season #: 1 , 2
Metascore
68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    100
    "Flight of the Conchords" may well be the funniest thing you've seen in ages and -- at least for a half hour -- answers the question of whether HBO has any good shows left.
  2. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    100
    TV's most original and irresistible new comic concoction.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    91
    There are no big sociopolitical statements here, no guerilla-style confrontations, no scenes of squirmy awkwardness, no multilayered pop culture references. It's just a very smart, very funny show.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    88
    You should be there on Sunday night to see the premiere of something new and hilarious, and completely different.
  5. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Daynah Burnett
    80
    Though the show occasionally lapses into the "cringe comedy" mode, made popular by "The Office" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Flight of the Conchords" is also quite sweet.
  6. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    70
    The charms of this series are subtle, but only grow over the course of the first few episodes.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    70
    "Flight of the Conchords" is funny in such an understated way that it is almost dangerous to make too much of it.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    70
    "Flight of the Conchords" is one of the few TV comedies that truly can be called unique.
  9. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    60
    "Flight of the Conchords" isn't brilliant, but it isn't awful, either, just familiar, with two likable stars who seem to be channeling the deadpan dry wit of an old Beatles movie.
  10. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    60
    The guys are so polite and harmless that it's hard to dislike them even when they repeat themselves in such a short span.
  11. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    50
    As a series, it could be a lot better, but there's no denying the appeal of the two musicians.
  12. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    50
    "Flight" is pretty much a snooze until the music starts, at which point the show kicks up into something quite weird and occasionally wonderful.
  13. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    50
    Its two leads, the New Zealand music-comedy duo of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, are deadpan and clever but so cloyingly doofy that they're not only tough to root for but difficult to watch for extended periods as well.
  14. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    50
    A silly flight of fancy.
  15. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    30
    This can be dryly funny in small doses, but Conchords really feels less like a sitcom than a Saturday Night Live sketch stretched out to about six times its shelf-life.
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User Score
9.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 179 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 118 out of 126
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 126
  3. Negative: 3 out of 126
  1. pumbaz
    10
    So much creative content in the songs.. I wish they went a 3rd season. Murray is just too funny. I felt he made the whole series work. Only 6 characters in the series and yet it remained fresh and funny.… Full Review »
  2. Theguyoffire
    9
    The mix of the music and songs are nice, but not all of the jokes where funny, and the last episodes where horrible. It still has funny jokes, but it also has some bad jokes.… Full Review »
  3. NoNamerGamer
    9
    One of the most hilarious shows I have ever watched, every episode I couldn't stop laughing at! Flight of the Concords is about two bumbling kiwis Jemaine and Bret both with strange musical talents traveling to America to try to make it big but always ending up in a hilarious mess!… Full Review »
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