This is a mostly spoiler-free review of Netflix's Living With Yourself Season 1, which was released on October 18.
In some ways, Living With Yourself feels like it was created in a lab by Netflix's algorithms: It has the high-concept sci-fi plot of a Black Mirror episode, the zippy yet convoluted pacing of Russian Doll, the seriocomic tone of Dead to Me, and the pure, undiluted charm of two Paul Rudds; if one were attempting to engineer a winning TV formula, the ingredients are all there.
And thankfully, Living With Yourself is pretty winning - mostly thanks to the charisma of the dueling Rudds and their co-star Aisling Bea - although the whole never quite equals the sum of its aforementioned parts.
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In some ways, Living With Yourself feels like it was created in a lab by Netflix's algorithms: It has the high-concept sci-fi plot of a Black Mirror episode, the zippy yet convoluted pacing of Russian Doll, the seriocomic tone of Dead to Me, and the pure, undiluted charm of two Paul Rudds; if one were attempting to engineer a winning TV formula, the ingredients are all there.
And thankfully, Living With Yourself is pretty winning - mostly thanks to the charisma of the dueling Rudds and their co-star Aisling Bea - although the whole never quite equals the sum of its aforementioned parts.
Continue reading…
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