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House of Lies: Season 1
  • Network: Showtime
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 8, 2012
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
63 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critics What's this?

User Score
4.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 62 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Based on the book by Martin Kihn, the dark comedy series focuses on Marty Kaan (Don Cheadle), a management consultant, and his team, which includes Jeannie (Kristen Bell), Clyde (Ben Swartz), and Doug (Josh Lawson).
  • Genre(s): Comedy

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 25
  3. Negative: 4 out of 25
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Jan 4, 2012
    100
    The series is so pervasively cynical--and, by the way, brilliantly funny--it has the potential of making any viewer feel his or her life isn't so bad after all.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Jan 6, 2012
    60
    Like many of Showtime's most cherished series, House of Lies can be annoying and entertaining at the same time.
  3. The Huffington Post (formerly AOL TV)
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Jan 6, 2012
    30
    [The actors] are cramped by obvious, unsubtle writing and a show that doesn't seem to have much of an idea of where to take these sardonic characters.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 25
  3. Negative: 17 out of 25
  1. Shiftyeyeddog
    10
    To give it the benefit of the doubt I'm guessing the show plans to humanize Marty little by little as it progresses. I hope so, I found the relentless manic cynicism in the first two episodes insufferable and depressing. Is this really the 'Modern World'? Then please shoot me now.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Ihateverything
    5
    It's okay. By no means an advancement in the comedy genre like the shows on NBC, but it's better than Showtime's other crap like Nurse Jackie and The Big C. The writing needs to be better.… Expand
    • 3 of 7 users said yes
  3. Brilliana
    0
    Damn this is bad. Ive loved krsten bell since her earliest days but this show is so unwatchable. It blows. I hope kristen bell quits and the show gets cancelled.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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