The TV Set Critic Reviews

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

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

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

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

Wickedly funny.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

Whether outsiders will find much to appreciate in The TV Set is another question because the film fails to provide the thematic resonance of similarly themed predecessors like the brilliant "Network."Read the full review

At times The TV Set seems to unfold almost entirely without exaggeration.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