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‘Half Man’ Review: Richard Gadd Returns With Viscerally Brilliant HBO Drama

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‘Half Man’ Review: Richard Gadd Returns With Viscerally Brilliant HBO Drama
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‘Half Man’ Review: Richard Gadd Returns With Viscerally Brilliant HBO Drama
Richard Gadd's "Half Man" weaves an expansive but repetitive narrative about masculinity and the burden of family

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PeregrinToke 4 days ago +392
It's not nearly as funny now without John Cryer and Charlie Sheen. Bring back the other Two Men, cowards!!!
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ZandrickEllison 4 days ago +53
If that’s an original joke you deserve all the gold in the tower.
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PeregrinToke 4 days ago +29
Thank you. I love Goooooooold
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ValleyFloydJam 3 days ago +3
I was scan reading and read something a tad different that made me double take.
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vocal-avocado 4 days ago +8
Ah so it’s a sequel following Jake?
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JimDabell 4 days ago +6
No, that’s [Jake 2.0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_2.0).
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Ronald_Ulysses_Swans 4 days ago +43
I am a half hoooooooorse Half man!
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vocal-avocado 4 days ago +8
Half reindeer half man
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Alpha-Trion 4 days ago +5
You tryin to check out Señor Frogs? We can call our sons there.
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Zenshinn 4 days ago +2
How could she ever understand?
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knotbeginning 4 days ago +48
Gadd got jacked!
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Subject-Addendum-199 4 days ago +36
Gadd damn he's ripped
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vocal-avocado 4 days ago +27
Best way to get jacked is becoming an actor and saying it’s for your next role.
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Acid_Tribe 4 days ago +18
And the best way to get jacked is to get paid to become jacked haha. Must be nice!
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hibernophile88 3 days ago
Olaf?
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The_Arachnoshaman 4 days ago +52
MUH CURTAINS NEED HUNG BADLY MR GADD
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Disastrous_Wing7084 4 days ago +34
sent from ihpon
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dooferoaks 4 days ago +14
Half Biscuit.
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manchlad1 3 days ago +2
He can never go swimming
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BeginningPlastic3747 4 days ago +33
Baby Reindeer was so good it genuinely made me uncomfortable in the best way possible, so hearing Gadd has another one in him is kind of insane.
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HedonisticLioness 1 day ago +1
Same here but I couldn’t stomach the first quarter of Half Man ep 1. I’ll take everyone’s word for it and read the synopsis for each episode online
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Quiet_Ad_2558 4 days ago +22
i'm honestly not sure if my mental health is ready for another richard gadd deep dive tbh. baby reindeer had me staring at a blank wall for like three days straight.
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patrickwithtraffic 4 days ago +1
*Baby Reindeer* had me midway through go take a walk around the neighborhood for an hour, so I get you.
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TheeAmateurArtist 4 days ago +25
Love this man
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NATHAN4U007 4 days ago +19
*half man
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ThisMayBeAquatic 4 days ago +25
Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell, looking forward to this.
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dinosaurfondue 4 days ago +22
"What starts to grate, however, is the repetition in Gadd’s exploration. As both men continue with their lives, they frequently fall back into patterns of their own destructive behaviors. While “Half Man” highlights the cyclical nature of these tendencies, it also creates narrative beats (particularly in the back half) where the show repeats itself. As such, what’s already an extremely heavy series can start to feel even heavier as we continue to watch both men slog through the emotional and metaphorical mud of their lives." To call the show brilliant but then say it slogs and repeats itself is kind of worrisome
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Accomplished-City484 3 days ago +5
I guess that’s like life, it takes a lot of self awareness to even notice your patterns, but even realizing them isn’t a guarantee to changing them
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Knightly11 1 day ago +2
Agreed and even then, after watching the first episode, I don’t think I can do this level of intense every episode for the sake of being intense.
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questionernow 4 days ago +4
Yep. Weird review.
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PMMEDOGSWITHWIGS 4 days ago +5
Is this the ALF reboot I've been hearing buzz about where a human crash lands on Melmac and secretly lives with a family of Melmacians? 
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F00dbAby 4 days ago +4
I’m just happy to have Jamie bell on my screen again. Feels like it’s been too long. This can’t come soon enough
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VivianDiane 4 days ago +4
Viscerally brilliant but I need a Xanax and a nap after the trailer.
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Frosty_Term9911 4 days ago +3
Some variable takes in the reviews
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ragnarok635 4 days ago +1
Richard Gadd is wild, I wish I had half his confidence/forthcoming
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Eliasberge 2 days ago +1
Baby Reindeer was uncomfortably good. Gadd has another one? Wild.
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Conscious-Quarter423 4 days ago +1
damn, give them the emmys NOW
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Hoffman-sama 4 days ago +1
Yesss
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Significant-Luck-831 4 days ago -10
How Richard Gadd is getting away with all of this is insane. Baby Reindeer is still meant to go to court and being slowed down by everything Netflix has in the tank. Anyone who knows Richard knows that he lied about what happened in that show (not the r***) but the stalking of any kind. This is not new information. Disgusted to see this.
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Odd-Hamster1812 4 days ago +5
Are you the lady in Baby Reindeer?
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Significant-Luck-831 3 days ago -1
Nope. Last I checked she can't spell particularly well. I'm just someone who actually knows him.
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ValleyFloydJam 3 days ago +2
So you're saying he used fictional elements in a story.
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wmkk 1 day ago +1
I thought he had an overall deal with Netflix?
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