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Summary The John Carney romantic comedy anthology series based on the New York Times column of the same name features a cast that includes Sofia Boutella, Gary Carr, Olivia Cooke, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tina Fey, John Gallagher, Jr., Andy Garcia, Julia Garner, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Cristin Milioti, Dev Patel, Andrew Scott, John Slatter...

  • Prime Video
  • Oct 17, 2019
  • Prime Video
  • Oct 17, 2019
Modern Love
Season 1
Season Premiere: Oct 17, 2019
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
66
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 38 User Ratings
7.0
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Summary The John Carney romantic comedy anthology series based on the New York Times column of the same name features a cast that includes Sofia Boutella, Gary Carr, Olivia Cooke, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tina Fey, John Gallagher, Jr., Andy Garcia, Julia Garner, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Cristin Milioti, Dev Patel, Andrew Scott, John Slatter...

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Episode 1 • Oct 17, 2019 • 31 m
When the Doorman Is Your Main Man
Ours was a common and unsung friendship, that between women living in New York, single and alone, and the doormen who take care of them, acting as gatekeepers, bodyguards, confidants and father figures.
Episode 2 • Oct 18, 2019 • 31 m
When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist
When a journalist asks the CEO of a dating app whether he's ever been in love, it sparks a conversation that will change the course of both of their lives.
Episode 3 • Oct 18, 2019 • 34 m
Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am
A woman reflects on how her experience with bipolar disorder has impacted her love life.
Episode 4 • Oct 18, 2019 • 29 m
Rallying to Keep the Game Alive
We rallied, not with the adrenaline-pumping determination to win at all costs, but with the patience and control that came with not wanting it to be over: not the summer, not our son's childhood, not this game, ever.
Episode 5 • Oct 18, 2019 • 32 m
At the Hospital, an Interlude of Clarity
There is never a good time to fall off your couch onto a martini glass and begin losing a dangerous amount of blood, but having this happen in the middle of a promising date is an especially bad time.
Episode 6 • Oct 18, 2019 • 30 m
So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?
He was very handsome. He wore gray turtleneck sweaters and smelled like mint aftershave and old books. He was 55 and recently divorced for the second time. He was my father. He wasn't really my father.
Episode 7 • Oct 18, 2019 • 35 m
Hers Was a World of One
There was no guarantee that doing an open adoption would get us a baby any faster... in fact, our agency warned us that, as a gay male couple, we might be in for a long wait.
Episode 8 • Oct 18, 2019 • 28 m
The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap
Old love is different. In our 70s and 80s, we had been through enough of life's ups and downs to know who we were, and we had learned to compromise. The finish line was drawing closer.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
66
58% Positive
15 Reviews
35% Mixed
9 Reviews
8% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
66
58% Positive
15 Reviews
35% Mixed
9 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews

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90
Oct 14, 2019
Modern Love is an irresistible confection of perfectly cast, sensitively written and utterly enjoyable short stories that belie their brevity with deep emotion. [14-27 Oct 2019, p.10]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 15, 2019
Among the standouts are “Take Me As I Am, Whoever I Am,” a fine showcase for Anne Hathaway. ... Also good are Tina Fey and John Slattery, who demonstrate instant chemistry despite playing a couple whose marriage has hit a trouble spot. ... Like the best of “Modern Love,” the [first] episode is funny, sweet, and heartfelt without being schmaltzy. At a time when conflict rages across the media, there’s something appealing about pulling up the comforter and falling into “Modern Love.”
By Kristi Turnquist FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 38 User Ratings
7.0
66% Positive
25 Ratings
18% Mixed
7 Ratings
16% Negative
6 Ratings

User Reviews

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 38 User Ratings
7.0
66% Positive
25 Ratings
18% Mixed
7 Ratings
16% Negative
6 Ratings

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75
Oct 18, 2019
Despite its varying trials and travails, Modern Love strives for an overall feel-good vibe that isn’t always entirely earned. For the most part, it’s gentle on the mind and soothing to the nerves in times when The New York Times front page is a steady drumbeat of downers.
By Ed Bark FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 10, 2019
If the stories can fall prey to “Wealthy Upper West Siders: They’re Just Like Us!” self-flattery, most of them are also sincere, thoughtful, and generous of spirit in a way that typifies Carney’s work (see also Sing Street and Begin Again). Not every installment works(*) — the Horgan/Slattery/Fey one is disappointingly one-note (and one of several that would have done well to ditch the original Times headline as its title) — but enough of them hit that narrow but satisfying target of being sweet but not overly saccharine.
By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 17, 2019
Perhaps most egregiously of all, Modern Love, the television show, sands down the sharp, cutting, and often brutally introspective edges of Modern Love, the column.
By Krutika Mallikarjuna FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 29, 2019
Essays are round pegs, and episodes are square holes; few installments of Modern Love carry enough dramatic heft or character work to be worth the effort, and none retain what is so lovely and sharp-edged about the prose that inspired them.
By Sonia Saraiya FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 16, 2019
It is so syrupy sweet that it should come with options for a dental plan. ... Watching “Modern Love” is about as much fun as listening to a New Yorker complain about not being able to find a good bagel or a decent slice. Like I said, it’s a hate-watch.
By Hank Stuever FULL REVIEW
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