SummaryThe 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 Slattery, and Sh... Read More
❮ Modern Love
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Oct 17, 2019
Metascore
Generally Favorable
66
User score
Generally Favorable
7.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
66
58% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
35% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Oct 14, 2019
90
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]
Oct 15, 2019
80
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.”
User score
Generally Favorable
7.0
67% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
18% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
15% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
May 19, 2020
10
This is one of my top 5 favorite new shows of 2019 and is one of my favorite shows of all time. The stories were exceptionally well written and I loved how unique each one was. The music especially the opening theme was outstanding. My favorite episode was "Take Me as I Am, Whoever I Am" then it was "Hers Was a World of One", "When the Doorman Is Your Main Man", "At the Hospital, an Interlude of Clarity", "The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap", "When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist", "Rallying to Keep the Game Alive", and my least favorite episode was "So He Looked Like Dad. It Was Just Dinner, Right?". The acting was phenomenal especially from Anne Hathaway, Christin Milioti, John Slattery, Laurentiu Possa, Olivia Cooke, Tina Fey, Catherine Keener, Julia Garner, Sofia Boutella, John Gallagher Jr., Dev Patel, Jane Alexander, Andrew Scott, Andy Garcia, James Saito, and Shea Whigham. Overall this first season was a A+.
Oct 22, 2019
10
It's such a great story. Full of emotions, and characters' exploration. It feels like an authentic narrative, loved it
Oct 18, 2019
75
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.
Oct 10, 2019
70
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.
Oct 17, 2019
60
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.
Oct 29, 2019
40
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.
Oct 16, 2019
30
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.
Mar 20, 2023
6
Decent but aggressively unexceptional. Saved by the versatile cast that delivers consistently.
