The TV Set Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

A tart, smart, closely observed satire of the television industry.Read the full review

Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

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

San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites

Wickedly funny.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

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

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha RobinsonAdd Critic to Favorites

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

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

At times The TV Set seems to unfold almost entirely without exaggeration.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin CrustAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites

Often possesses the gimlet-eyed wit of "The Player" or the mock docs of Christopher Guest.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

The TV Set skewers the television industry in a manner that occasionally feels familiar and at other times is humorously incisive.Read the full review

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