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- HULU
- Aug 5, 2015
- HULU
- Aug 5, 2015
Summary TV blogger Julie (Julie Klausner) and waiter Billy (Billy Eichner) are best friends living in New York City who try out standup routines at night in this comedy from Amy Poehler and Dave Becky.
- HULU
- Aug 5, 2015
- HULU
- Aug 5, 2015
Summary TV blogger Julie (Julie Klausner) and waiter Billy (Billy Eichner) are best friends living in New York City who try out standup routines at night in this comedy from Amy Poehler and Dave Becky.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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8% Mixed
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8% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
76
83% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The writing is hilariously great, as are the performances. But, mostly, it all works because Billy and Julie are so clueless. If they felt an ounce of shame or regret, the comedy wouldn’t work.
At a time when the world is overrun with Twitter-infatuated part-time comedians, this portrait of fame-thirsty New Yorkers is spot-on, and often very funny. They could be this generation’s Will and Grace.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 58 User Ratings
6.2
64% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
9% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
28% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 58 User Ratings
6.2
64% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
9% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
28% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
This is definitely one of the funniest shows on television. The writing is so strong and biting, you wish you never want to be on the bad side of either of these people.
The one thing that concerns me is that it may be too New York and ethnic (er, Jewish) for the masses.
As a native New Yorker,I get homesick.
Right now I'm binging the first two season and hope to get to the current third season in a week.
A MUST WATCH!!!
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SEASON 1
Fantastic. Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner play utterly banal, self-congratulatory knobs who - without evolving at all over the course of the season, like even a little bit - somehow reveal themselves to be lovable and utterly worth rooting for.
The entire thing is echt-friggin-New York, from the characters you hate to love, to the high-octane kvetch running throughout, to the vagaries of struggling show biz class NY life (SantaCon and indoor dog parks and ambient Judaica) - so much concentrated New York that you might want to move to Nebraska. But the show is an unvarnished gem, sincere and complexed, and it frames the city and the characters' culture as inviting rather than alienating.
Billy Eichner's trademark unhinged-ness is still present but marvelously tempered; Julie Klausner plays a down-on-her-luck narcissist with fantastic timing. The supporting cast (including the LEGendary Andrea Martin, and the fabulously cruel Gabourey Sidibe) are given humanity and fleshed out plotlines. It moves quickly, but the episodes feel both complete and very human. Hell, Difficult People might even make it worth subscribing to Hulu.
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SEASON 1
It does not feel focus-grouped; sometimes it doesn’t feel second-guessed. Julie and Billy and many of the other characters talk to each other the way best friends talk to each other when they think nobody is listening. Every other scene contains a line that could keep the outrage/apology cycle humming for at least a half-day.
A well-chosen supporting cast rounds things out.... And yes, they are self-absorbed, hypercritical people who you would and should hate. But the reason the show works is that, very subtly, it’s mocking them. Julie and Billy are all about self-loathing, and they invite you to loathe right along with them.
Granted, unrelenting cattiness might not wear all that well, but three episodes were previewed, and the quality was consistent. So while the title accurately describes the way Billy and Julie cattily interact with the world, watching Difficult People, happily, was no chore at all.
Billy and Julie are not supposed to be likable. They’re both kind of awful, a la the “Seinfeld” gang,” but often screamingly funny in their inappropriate commentary.
The series is thoroughly derivative and utterly parasitic on the most ephemeral, shallow aspects of the culture.
This is a terrific show about extremely self-absorbed, morally flawed people. It's very funny but it is about show biz and if you're not interested in that then you possibly will not enjoy it. I don't advocate emulating these folks but it's fun to watch. Similar shows: "Extras" (Ricky Gervais) and "BoJack Horseman".
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SEASON 1
A hysterically funny show. The premise of the show - as you can tell from its name, or after watching it for more than 30 seconds - is that the two protagonists are obnoxious and self-centered. You're not supposed to *like* them, you're supposed to laugh at them in the way you're inclined to towards blissfully self-absorbed people in real life.
Saw that it was renewed for another season, and a good thing, too: Difficult People is my primary reason for subscribing to Hulu.
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SEASON 1
The characters are just dull. I get it - they're banal, self-absorbed people - but if they were actually as funny as the world of the show keeps insisting they are, maybe they'd be worth watching. I'm just not invested in two unfunny New Yorkers. I loved Billy on Parks and Rec, but haven't laughed once at him on this show. I'd never heard of Julie before Difficult People, and I can't say I'd follow her career after this series. Hulu series have been hit or miss for me. And this one was a real miss.
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SEASON 1
Why would anyone purposely want to spend (TV) time with two of the most unlikeable and horrible people I've been exposed to since high school? These mean-spirited jerks are not funny. Sad, small, soulless people who behave terribly. Frankly, I can't believe that someone like Amy Poehler is associated with this "show".
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SEASON 1
It's exhausting and dull watching the first episode past the first few minutes when the cranky schtick is revealed. No way in hell I could tune in for subsequent episodes of this tired, unoriginal crap. Seen these sort of characters so many times before. What was Amy Poehler thinking?
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