• Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 18, 2022
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 19
  2. Negative: 3 out of 19
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Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Inkoo Kang
    Jan 18, 2022
    30
    “How I Met Your Father” (created by the writing team of Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, who also adapted the TV series “Love, Victor” from the film “Love, Simon”) simply feels like a void — an absence where interesting characters or relatable scenarios or effective attempts at wit and charm should be.
  2. Reviewed by: Caroline Framke
    Jan 13, 2022
    30
    One of the more downright disorienting series in recent memory. ... Not even Lowell, so capable on shows like “GLOW” and “Enlisted,” can overcome the musty characterization of “Uber driver weathering the humiliation of his failed proposal going viral.” That just about applies to every character and complication on “How I Met Your Father.” ... “How I Met Your Father” is just a bizarre exercise in recycling nostalgia for modern times without finding a way to be modern at all.
  3. Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    Jan 14, 2022
    25
    An inferior sequel. ... Filled with bad dialogue. ... Duff, though a likable, solid ensemble anchor, lacks Radnor’s exuberance, just as Sophie mostly lacks Ted’s impulsiveness.
User Score
3.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 22
  2. Negative: 14 out of 22
  1. Jan 18, 2022
    0
    Hey look at us, we are in 2022!: the show
    You'll laugh more in a funeral. Just skip this woke crap.
  2. Jan 21, 2022
    1
    Boring - and Hilary Duff is miscast here. None of the cast is particularly relatable and their acting is hammy like it's a Broadway (showBoring - and Hilary Duff is miscast here. None of the cast is particularly relatable and their acting is hammy like it's a Broadway (show instead of real life). Full Review »
  3. Jan 21, 2022
    5
    For a show that is trying to be relatable and real in 2022 its a little astounding that they wouldn't mention COVID or the realities of onlineFor a show that is trying to be relatable and real in 2022 its a little astounding that they wouldn't mention COVID or the realities of online dating in America today. Full Review »