Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

DuskShadow I think Zack G should have stuck with the dumber Hang Over typecast roles he is suited for : less talking, more just trudging about. As for swartzman, hes never been that amusing or believable to me in anything I have seen him in. There was nothing exceptional or clever about this show, and most of the shtick if it can even be called that has been done to death in better series and tales that were still mediocre, but superior to this time waster of a show. A dreadfully boring show that makes the BS of actual crime and cop dramas seem tasteful. Moving on with my life.

robfromfort Hey what's to say? This has just come on Sky TV and to be honest I think they were just looking for something cheap to fill half an hour once a week. The ad looked hilarious until I realised it's just half a seasons only funny bits strung together.At some point an Israeli Jew asks the main character whether he's one of those self hating New York Jews, only way you'd find this funny is if you were.Don't get me wrong Jewish humour which plays on stereotypes can be hilarious, take Seinfeld for instance its how it plays and this just seems shallow with dull unlikable characters and a wasted idea.

virtualxi Note from the author: this review has been written after watching two seasons. Bored to death is a TV show whose charm relies heavily in its three leads Jason Schwartzman, Zack Galifianakis and Ted Danson. The main problem that I found is that during the first season Schwartzman's character is given the most weight out of the three leaving Danson and Galifianakis as secondary characters that have mini-subplots around the main cases - as the story revolves around a writer drawn to be a detective to solve it's financial difficulties -. Thankfully this has been solved in the second season with an even repartition of plot for the three and consequently has improved the stories, the cast and the overall dynamic of the show. Throughout the two seasons I felt that the show gradually turns from a solve-the-case of the week show to a hang-out-with-us show while the story flows...and boy what a blast it is to hang out with this cast. Danson's hedonistic charm is suave, subtle -and even slightly touching in some episodes with a cancer subplot- with the best laughs when his facade of elegance is down due to his drug use. Galifianakis is perhaps the geek hero (but not a geek himself) as the comic-book writer in a dysfunctional relationship with his girlfriend played by Heather Burns - who's first in the list of recurring character's of the show, also including Oliver Platt and Kristen Wiig-. Finally Schwartzman's character is a struggling writer with relationship problem's and a tendency for solving weird-cases in a very unprofessional way - high point for me is the first episode in season 2 when he has to go into a fetish dungeon-. To sum things up. Bored to death was a slow burner for me, by the end of season 1 I was ready to give up but, with season 2, it pulls out a "The Office" and gets much better. Each season has eight episodes which leads to very cohesive stories and arcs but then again the charm relies on the cast which are great if you like these type of characters. Thanks for reading.

emdeewee The characters in this world know that they can do just about anything, but never fall and get really hurt. If course, it happens in dozens of good movies and funny comics, but in this case it doesn't work - to my humble opinion, that is. This is because this world is presented as a modern new york scene, showing 'real' NY people. Why Seinfeld works and this does not, i don't know. Taking a risk in this show means nothing at all. Having cancer in this show means nothing at all. Having your girl breaking up with you means nothing at all. everything is received with an ironic sigh, and the show moves on. Nothing matters. Maybe that's the difference between Seinfeld and 'Bored to Death: in Seinfeld the smallest things matter the world, but here: nothing matters whatsoever. It seems so sometimes, for a second or three. But it really doesn't. Because of that the lives of the characters have something truly weightless, and flat. To me, it makes the characters uninteresting. Their only interest is themselves, which makes this a soap series to the core, but a soap series masked with eccentricity and with a lot of 'funny' action. 'O, the absurd situations they keep finding themselves in!' These characters drown in irony (I thought we were slowly getting past that), self-consciousness, and yes, boredom. But this boredom is not tragic, it is not funny. Someone writing this series confused emptiness with boredom.The actors are funny, but because they are funny themselves. I certainly am a fan of the big guy, just for the faces he makes sometimes. The other two can be funny as well, but not because of the story.All in all just one of those million series that are so ironic, and therefore empty and weightless. It will be forgotten within weeks from the appearance of the last episode.