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How to Make It in America: Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 14, 2010
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 51 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Summary: The dramedy follows the lives of two Brooklynites seeking fortune and fame in the fashion world but they quickly find it's not as easy as it seems.
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    91
    Pleasurable, amusing, well conceived and written, though perhaps just a little shy on character development (New York excepted). Give this one time - these guys feel like they're worth getting to know, and the show as well.
  2. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Lesley Smith
    60
    How To Make It delivers a conventional story with uncommon panache. It's fun, especially for guys, but it's aiming for boutique liquor and only tastes like high-end latte.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    25
    Rather than art re-creating and explicating reality, How to is art mimicking reality shows, with all their annoyances and posing.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. contravers
    10
    love how to make it in america! it has a fantastic visual style! i also like the music! story is great and the characters and their actors very convincing! and i can't wait for season two to air!!… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. slimjim0765
    4
    I like the Dominican aspect of the pilot, but I think the lead character is meh. Wahlberg is trying to portray ordinary Americans instead of stars (Entourage). This takes much more skill as the audience must connect with the characters. I do not think Americans will develop a fondness for the characters, and I think the show will not last long.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. PercivalSweetwater
    0
    The approach is bourgeois. Furthermore, it's gauche.
    • 0 of 2 users said yes

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