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Critic Consensus: Instead of sly and shocking, Happyish comes off as shrill and self-satisfied, despite the efforts of its talented cast.
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as Thom Payne
as Lee Payne
as Jonathan Cooke
as Dani Kirschenbloom
as Julius Payne
as Gottfrid
as Lorna
as David
as Sandy
as Gustaff
as Himself
as Michelle
as Atomic Goldfarb
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There are some genuinely funny moments... but these tend to get lost amid the show's onslaught of acid.
There is a chance that Hoffman might have made this creaking, feeble material work.
The half-hour Happyish premiering tonight proves there is such a thing as comedy too dark to qualify as tragicomedy or even dramedy. It ends up being merely a sad, pretentious piece of work, desperate to be taken seriously.
Happyish has a few genuinely imaginative moments amid its many, many excesses. But in the end, it's too much of a one-note Hell-On-Earth "Greatest Hits" album whose principal characters have the overall appeal of vinegar-drenched cotton candy.
The animation segues -- Payne's alter-egos that torment him or vice versa -- are just a series of elaborate joke setups without punchlines.
As rare as its humor can be, it bites with every appearance.
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