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- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary New York-based food critic Liv Healy (Celeste Barber) must pass a physical to get a new green card to judge for an American cooking show in this Australian comedy based on Brigid Delaney's memoirs.
Created By: Benjamin Law
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Wellmania
Season 1 Premiere: Mar 29, 2023
75
5.4
Summary New York-based food critic Liv Healy (Celeste Barber) must pass a physical to get a new green card to judge for an American cooking show in this Australian comedy based on Brigid Delaney's memoirs.
Created By: Benjamin Law
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
75
75% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Mixed
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1 Review
0% Negative
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Celeste Barber is funny as Liv. ... We’re hoping that the support around her, from Amy and her husband, Liv’s mom and brother, as well as others, will get a little more character development. ... We’ve got confidence in writers Amy Stewart, Nick Coyle and Romina Accurso that they’ll do just that.
Barber, an Aussie comedian, is dynamite in the lead, an astonishing combination of one-woman disaster flick and flashes of vulnerability that, indeed, reminds you of Waller-Bridge in Fleabag in the very best way. There's an element of TV watching-as-rubbernecking to Wellmania that makes it supremely addictive.
Incredibly watchable – the sort of absorbing, amusing, visually slick TV that is (ironically) perfect to unwind to if you are teetering on the verge of burnout à la our protagonist, yet with enough sour bite to stop it feeling too fluffy.
Parts of the script work far better than others — I’m not keen on ditzy slapstick; just a personal thing — and there is an over-reliance on fart noises (detox juices, see). ... Yet in other areas it absolutely sparkles and carries you along.
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5.4
60% Positive
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Production Company:
- FremantleMedia Australia
- Netflix Studios
Initial Release Date: Mar 29, 2023
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Logie Awards
• 1 Nomination
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 1 Nomination
