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REVIEW
March 6, 2014  | By David Bianculli

Comedy Central, 10:00 p.m. ET

 

SERIES PREMIERE: Andy Daly of Eastbound & Down stars in this strange new Comedy Central series, playing a George Plimpton-type critic named Forrest MacNeil whose mission is to review “life.” Viewers send in suggestions, and MacNeil experiences what they suggest, then provides reviews. The opening experiment, for example, is “Stealing,” which Forrest dives into with a series of escalating crimes. At the end, he gives “Stealing” two stars – which is about what I’d give the premiere of Review. It’s a clever idea for a series, but instead of playing out anything for real, everything is written and staged, and not as humorously as it could or should be. “Addiction” and “Senior Prom” are the other segments on tonight’s opener, and “Prom” is the best of the three.

 
 
 
 
 
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