- The Four Seasons has just landed on Netflix
- It stars Tina Fey, Steve Carrell, Colman Domingo and more
- Is it any good? Here’s what critics are saying
The Four Seasons is Netflix’s answer to The White Lotus just minus all the murder and shady behavior.
The new series is co-written by 30 Rock star Tina Fey alongside her 30 Rock writer-producers Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield. It’s an adaptation of the 1981 movie of the same name that starred Alan Alda and Carol Burnett.
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This time around, names like Fey, Steve Carrell, Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Will Forte take the lead for an updated take.
It follows a trio of married couples and chronicles the various peaks and troughs of their relationships throughout – you guessed it – four different seasons.
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Like much of Fey’s work, it set out to mix laugh-out-loud moments with plenty of heart. So did it achieve that goal?
Here’s what critics have been saying about The Four Seasons.
The Four Seasons reviews
While the show is currently without a Rotten Tomatoes score, The Four Seasons has already wowed critics, earning many positive early reviews.
The Guardian called Fey’s latest “properly funny and heartbreaking.” Their review explained that |The Four Seasons is full of properly funny lines, rooted in properly middle-aged experience. In its comedy and its drama it captures the warm, weary affection for life and each other that only old friends and enduring couples really know.”
It concluded by saying “The Four Seasons is Fey and her writing and acting ensembles on fine form.”
Meanwhile, The Independent called it a “something of a delight,” adding that Fey and her writing team “has captured the subtle changes in temperature that moderate the climate of human existence.”
The AV Club hit home how each of the show’s “eight half-hour installments flowing by breezily,” and that its characters are “worth spending time with.”
Not everyone loved The Four Seasons
That said, not everyone was a fan. Variety suggested its writing team “aren’t yet as adept at prolonged character study as they are at pure comedy.”
The Hollywood Reporter also took aim at the portrayal of its core friendships, suggesting they were “oddly lacking in the sort of easy and idiosyncratic chemistry you’d expect from people who claim to have known each other for decades.”
Still, critical opinions aren’t everything. Decide whether The Four Seasons is a hit or not by heading to Netflix.
