SummaryHal (Cooper Raiff) and Harper (Lili Reinhart) grow up too fast because of their father (Mark Ruffalo) in the dramedy from Raiff. [Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 26 Jan 2025 and in the US on MUBI on 19 Oct 2025]
Created By:Cooper Raiff
Hal & Harper
Season 1 Premiere:
Oct 19, 2025
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Universal Acclaim
81
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Generally Favorable
6.8
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91% Positive
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Oct 20, 2025
90
A gorgeous, generous limited series that has nothing to show you other than people, how they are and how they do or do not get along. .... The actors, Reinhart and Gilpin especially, can destroy you with a look.
Jan 29, 2025
90
With its pitch-perfect handling of extremely complex emotions and situations, and a truly remarkable cast across the board, we need more shows as emotionally vulnerable and beautifully earnest as Hal & Harper.
Jan 31, 2025
88
The thing that makes the show so successful is the straightforward family drama underneath this whimsical veneer—tenderly played, sharply written, and delivering a perfect balance of bitter and sweet.
Oct 13, 2025
83
While the show lacks a bit of focus and structure in its early episodes, the hourlong finale (most episodes are 30 minutes) snaps everything into place.
Oct 30, 2025
75
But it is the luminescent performance from Reinhart as the binding agent that calms Hal’s boyish ways that sticks with you the most.
Oct 16, 2025
70
Hal & Harper is ultimately a rewarding watch, though likely one that works better week-to-week than as a binge. It's a series that wears its heart on its sleeve, for better or worse, and takes its time in unraveling these characters and what makes them tick.
Oct 17, 2025
60
In its final hour, especially, “Hal & Harper” captures the bittersweet nature of change and how closing one chapter can help you open up another. But perhaps that’s evidence enough that there’s a solid three-star movie’s worth of concept here, rather than stretching it out to a loose, thin five-hour television series.
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Nov 19, 2025
3
not for me. Just didn't care for the show's jumpy style. Hard to pick up any semblance of story or character development when all we get are small pieces that are jumbled.
Perhaps the writers/director wants to emulate our current youthful generation but if this is them - ouch. To be fair - I only watched the first episode and I had to force myself to get through that. ... and of course the now-typical hollywood diversity police are in full force.
Oct 23, 2025
1
If the behavior of the youngish bearded supposedly lovable fool man-child -- the frequent focus of this series -- seems inexplicable (indie "quirk" to the point of hospitalization) there *is* an explanation: the actor is also the writer, director and producer. The other much stronger performances almost redeem the material -- until the insufferable indie music, whose lyrics assure the viewer that what she's watching is profound, touching and knowingly ironic, recalls all the other unpardonable offenses.
