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- HULU
- Jan 18, 2022
- HULU
- Jan 18, 2022
Summary Sophie (Hilary Duff) tells her son how she met his father in 2021 in this spinoff of How I Met Your Mother created and written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger.
Created By: Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger
- HULU
- Jan 18, 2022
- HULU
- Jan 18, 2022
Summary Sophie (Hilary Duff) tells her son how she met his father in 2021 in this spinoff of How I Met Your Mother created and written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger.
Created By: Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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21% Positive
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4 Reviews
63% Mixed
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12 Reviews
16% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
49
21% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
63% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
16% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Duff is charming as ever and the cast has a nice rapport. ... Still, without the framework of the well known series it pays homage to, How I Met Your Father would be just another perfectly pleasant, often funny comedy.
Despite the updates, this new series certainly feels like a piece of its predecessor in the style of humor, laugh track and direction (Pamela Fryman, who directed almost every episode of “Mother” returns to helm “Father” episodes). The theme song is the same and there are other Easter eggs of varying size and scope. Duff, formerly married to former Penguins player Mike Comrie, is the standout here.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
3.4
27% Positive
6 Ratings
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14% Mixed
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3 Ratings
59% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
3.4
27% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
14% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
59% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
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 online dating in America today.
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SEASON 1
This was disappointing. You'd think that with big shoes to fill that they would change it up a little. Nup. I gave it a fairly good go and I understand that some shows need time to settle to shine but with so much great media available and with my time on this planet ever shortening ... nup. The location could have been moved, should have been moved. Chicago? New Orleans? I mean, San Francisco would have been great. But, nup. Let the world seen fake New York again. But it's deeper than just that.
The casting is weird and, well, not relatable or that likeable. Chris Lowell, Francia Raisa and Suraj Sharma are good enough though Hilary Duff and Tom Ainsley are not. Whether it's their hammy performances or formulaic writing, who knows? I'm putting a fiver each way and saying it's both.
Because I wanted it to be at least good, I'm probably just being sore. Kind of like the kid who on his birthday gets a "Super Exploring Soldier Guy" who's arms and legs don't bend instead of the Action Man he wanted.
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SEASON 1
The series replicates HIMYM’s narrative inventiveness, but it’s the chemistry between its leads the new series tries hardest to recreate. ... Part of the problem is, without the core chemistry (which may take a few episodes to work out), the new show so far also lacks the clever plot overlays we came to expect from Carter Bays and Craig Thomas’ original series.
It's a familiar sitcom with familiar beats, and stars a particularly familiar lead who brings a nostalgic vibe to an essentially wistful enterprise. "How I Met Your Father" is for anyone who grew up on Duff's "Lizzie McGuire" or "Drake and Josh" (Josh Peck joins in a later episode) and may be wondering right now why romance is so tragically out of reach circa 2022.
We've seen this story before and better versions of it since life moved on, making the writers' choice to retrace its dated habits so odd.
This new show feels like dating someone who superficially reminds you of a long-term ex, but without either the exhilarating highs or maddening lows that made the original relationship the kind you would one day tell stories about. It’s just another piece of familiar IP that’s been dusted off without any idea of what to do with it.
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.
