The TV Set Critic Reviews

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

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

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

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

Results are breezy though toothless, with too much repetition and not enough originality.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

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

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