The Guest Book

2017

Seasons & Episodes

  • 2
  • 1

7.3| 0h30m| TV-MA| en
Synopsis

Guests bring their baggage and own special brand of crazy to a vacation cottage and record their confessions, alibis and farewells in the cottage’s guest book. Each season features a new town, and along with it a new cottage and town locals, though characters from previous season often come along for the ride.

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Also starring Carly Jibson

Reviews

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.
Manthast Absolutely amazing
Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
marleaums Just watched the first two episodes back to back and loved the humour (extra "u" for us Canucks!) Although each episode is a different story, there are aspects that carry over from the previous. But you have to pay attention or you will miss something! I also like how the first episode was quickly revisited in a novel way at the beginning of the second.Keep up the good work. I am setting my DVR to more CMT shows like The Guest Book and Blackish :) Martine
Charles Herold (cherold) Since this is apparently an anthology series, it's perhaps unfair to judge the series based on an episode whose main characters won't be seen again. But I found the episode so off-putting - not for the acting but for the writing - that I can't bring myself to watch another.In this episode, a man and his wife spend a weekend in a rustic area and encounter difficulties. Danny Pudi plays the husband as likable and put upon. Lauren Lapkus plays the wife as a shrieking harpy.There are problems with this. First, it's not fun to be around a shrieking harpy. Second, it's not funny, it's just straight up irritating. And third, the whole nice guy/monster wife thing feels like something from a previous era when the "battle of the sexes" was a thing. I hoped that at some point the episode would show sympathy for the wife, who is a frazzled new mom, but no, she's just awful.It's not that Pudi's character is better than her; he's pretty much a scumbag. But it's one of these shows that creates sympathy for the awful man by telling things from his perspective. Oh, poor guy!If they were both shrews, then fine, it could be funny. If they were both struggling and prone to miscommunication but ultimately human, fine. But this ... no.In general, nothing was all that funny. There was the occasional moment, like a lap dance interrupted because the room is a supply closet, but I rarely laughed.I loved Garcia's My Name is Earl and Raising Hope, so I might have given this show another chance if it wasn't that his most recent series was the abysmal The Millers. Whatever Garcia had, I think he's lost it.
Mark Fusco The Guest Book is a new TBS anthology comedy from creator Greg Garcia (My Name is Earl; Raising Hope) and it certainly delivers. This is Garcia's first foray into the cable world and so far I'm loving it. Being a cable show, it doesn't have to cater to your broadcast network standards and practices, and as a result, the jokes don't have to be played safe. That being said, this one is definitely not for the kids. But after you and your significant other put the kids to bed, be sure to check out this show for a lot of solid laughs thanks to a bevy of wacky characters. Even though it's an anthology series and you'll see new guests every week, it doesn't appear to just be standalone episodes. The townsfolk seem to have some developing story lines, which is nice to see and makes this series more cohesive than just your regular anthology. I will be checking back in to Froggy Cottage next week.
candiphan2011 i turned on the television with my wife the other night and found this program. we watched the first one and laughed so hard. didn't know there was a second one til the first one ended. that was a good surprise. the people who live in the town are hilarious and we will watching week after week. the big stripper was funny. my wife likes the raising hope dad neighbor. good writing and really creative show.