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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 Apr 21, 2026 +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 Apr 21, 2026 +53
If that’s an original joke you deserve all the gold in the tower.
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PeregrinToke Apr 21, 2026 +29
Thank you. I love Goooooooold
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ValleyFloydJam Apr 22, 2026 +3
I was scan reading and read something a tad different that made me double take.
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vocal-avocado Apr 21, 2026 +8
Ah so it’s a sequel following Jake?
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JimDabell Apr 21, 2026 +6
No, that’s [Jake 2.0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_2.0).
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Ronald_Ulysses_Swans Apr 21, 2026 +43
I am a half hoooooooorse Half man!
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vocal-avocado Apr 21, 2026 +8
Half reindeer half man
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Alpha-Trion Apr 21, 2026 +5
You tryin to check out Señor Frogs? We can call our sons there.
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Zenshinn Apr 22, 2026 +2
How could she ever understand?
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knotbeginning Apr 21, 2026 +48
Gadd got jacked!
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Subject-Addendum-199 Apr 21, 2026 +36
Gadd damn he's ripped
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vocal-avocado Apr 21, 2026 +27
Best way to get jacked is becoming an actor and saying it’s for your next role.
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Acid_Tribe Apr 21, 2026 +18
And the best way to get jacked is to get paid to become jacked haha. Must be nice!
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hibernophile88 Apr 22, 2026
Olaf?
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The_Arachnoshaman Apr 21, 2026 +52
MUH CURTAINS NEED HUNG BADLY MR GADD
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Disastrous_Wing7084 Apr 21, 2026 +34
sent from ihpon
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dooferoaks Apr 21, 2026 +14
Half Biscuit.
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manchlad1 Apr 22, 2026 +2
He can never go swimming
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BeginningPlastic3747 Apr 21, 2026 +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 Apr 24, 2026 +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 Apr 21, 2026 +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 Apr 21, 2026 +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 Apr 21, 2026 +25
Love this man
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NATHAN4U007 Apr 21, 2026 +19
*half man
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ThisMayBeAquatic Apr 21, 2026 +25
Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell, looking forward to this.
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dinosaurfondue Apr 21, 2026 +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 Apr 22, 2026 +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 Apr 24, 2026 +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 Apr 22, 2026 +4
Yep. Weird review.
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PMMEDOGSWITHWIGS Apr 21, 2026 +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 Apr 22, 2026 +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 Apr 21, 2026 +4
Viscerally brilliant but I need a Xanax and a nap after the trailer.
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Frosty_Term9911 Apr 21, 2026 +3
Some variable takes in the reviews
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ragnarok635 Apr 22, 2026 +1
Richard Gadd is wild, I wish I had half his confidence/forthcoming
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Eliasberge Apr 23, 2026 +1
Baby Reindeer was uncomfortably good. Gadd has another one? Wild.
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Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 21, 2026 +1
damn, give them the emmys NOW
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Hoffman-sama Apr 21, 2026 +1
Yesss
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Significant-Luck-831 Apr 21, 2026 -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 Apr 21, 2026 +5
Are you the lady in Baby Reindeer?
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Significant-Luck-831 Apr 22, 2026 -1
Nope. Last I checked she can't spell particularly well. I'm just someone who actually knows him.
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ValleyFloydJam Apr 22, 2026 +2
So you're saying he used fictional elements in a story.
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wmkk Apr 25, 2026 +1
I thought he had an overall deal with Netflix?
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