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- HBO
- Jan 9, 2022
- HBO
- Jan 9, 2022
Summary The world of a famous televangelist family led by Eli Gemstone (John Goodman) and his grown children: Jesse (Danny McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam Devine) is explored in this comedy from McBride.
Created By: Danny McBride
- HBO
- Jan 9, 2022
- HBO
- Jan 9, 2022
Summary The world of a famous televangelist family led by Eli Gemstone (John Goodman) and his grown children: Jesse (Danny McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam Devine) is explored in this comedy from McBride.
Created By: Danny McBride
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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91% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
82
91% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
9% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The beauty of McBride, Green and Hill’s small-screen triumph is the way in which it couches its over-the-top exclamations in fittingly lewd and preposterous scenarios. McBride’s Jesse is the corrupt soul of these proceedings, his arrogant greed and ambition almost as great as his pathetic longing for validation from both his father and his peers (at whom he sneers). He’s complemented by one of the best casts in television.
It is a comedy with every fiber of its being, and the funniest one currently on air. ... Gemstones’ extraordinary collection of comedic talent makes it a joy to watch even when its narrative flow occasionally lurches.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 User Ratings
7.7
85% Positive
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5% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 User Ratings
7.7
85% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
5% Mixed
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1 Rating
10% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
It’s certainly not for everyone, but if it is up your alley, it elicits tears-streaming-down-your-face laughter, the kind of horrified guffaws only McBride and his team can deliver. ... All the hi-jinx and hysteria and humor are what make The Righteous Gemstones a thorough joy, but the deeper questions are what make it memorable, a true gem in a sea of shallow content.
Luckily, the writing on “The Righteous Gemstones” is so densely packed that every subplot that sags is balanced by one that works. The season even gets surprisingly action-packed with a number of scenes in the back half that are like an ‘80s Cannon movie (that's a good thing).
Plot’s never really been what I look for in a McBride show, though. No matter how ridiculous they get, they’re still rooted in a recognizable reality and a detailed eye for how people live and talk in the modern South. That attention to detail is readily apparent in this season’s flashbacks.
Pompous, self-serving behavior is a common trope in McBride’s acidic brand of comedy, but The Righteous Gemstones showcases a depth and maturity by spending more time excavating the foundation of this ever-expanding evangelical empire.
Season two of “The Righteous Gemstones” is an ambitious, intermittently hysterical mess. McBride and Hill attempt to expand the show outward, often into full-on action set pieces that, while impressive, fail to find cohesion with the rest of the series. Coupled with forgotten plot lines and lost characters, it’s a disappointing step-down.
Should have ended after one season. Season 2 was, like almost everything else on "tv", overstretched , bloated and over-the-top, with the proverbial "shark jumping" being the killing/revival of a central character. That said. It's still more watchable than the majority of the self-serious nonsense coming from woke 'Meuhrika.
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SEASON 2
Oh look! No written reviews after 4 episodes. Could it be no one gives an F about this ****
Oh look! Another slow motion walk with the characters in very very very funny outfits while an '80s song plays.
McBride had a chance to satirize a ripe field, instead he never has the balls to go far enough to actually say anything.
Now look, there are kinda funny haircuts. Oh look a **** group without the courage to actually say anything truthful or insightful about it. Not a single laugh in the first four episodes. Smug, "look-at-how outrageous we are" insider crap that's only hysterical to the writers of the show. They just can't believe how funny they are. And neither do we.
Danny McBride couldn't make a hyena laugh.
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