The TV Set Critic Reviews
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If only for the comedy glory of Sigourney Weaver as a TV network president who confuses acid reflux with gut instinct, this very smart, very funny movie about the making of a network sitcom is a cut-glass gem of a showbiz conceit.Read the full review
A tart, smart, closely observed satire of the television industry.Read the full review
The TV Set is a little wonder of a movie, as smart and sad and true as any comedy I've seen this year.Read the full review
Wickedly funny.Read the full review
You'll have major fun at this movie. But what makes it something special is the way Kasdan laces the laughs with a sting.Read the full review
Could almost be a Christopher Guest bridging project--it's essentially Guest's The Big Picture for TV instead of film, though it's structured in the low-key, rambling, observational manner of Guest's later ensemble comedies.Read the full review
At times The TV Set seems to unfold almost entirely without exaggeration.Read the full review
In general, the movie doesn't necessarily reveal anything we don't already know but delivers it in a personable, entertaining manner.Read the full review
Often possesses the gimlet-eyed wit of "The Player" or the mock docs of Christopher Guest.Read the full review
Smart, funny and authentically terrifying. It's a comedy that explains how network television succeeds in being so horribly awful.Read the full review