Barry

Barry

Bill Hader's dramedy brainchild is dark and very funny

The Very Best

9.0

TV Show

United States of America
English
Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
2018
Anthony Carrigan, Bill Hader, Henry Winkler
30 min

What it's about

A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.

The take

Former SNL cast member and comedy legend Bill Hader is the writer and main protagonist of the HBO-produced and three-time Emmy-winning series Barry. Part psychological thriller, part dark comedy – one of many new series in the “dramedy” genre – deals with the unlikely premise of a PTSD-ridden low-rent assassin, who, after travelling to LA to execute an actor, decides to dedicate his life to the amateur theatre scene. (Watch out for the always amazing Henry Winkler as the acting class teacher! He was rightly nominated for an Emmy for this performance.)

In typical Bill Hader fashion, this genre-mix is still a lot more comedy than thriller and one cannot help but root for hapless Barry, while he dodges one bullet after the other, as it were, navigating Chechnyan mobsters, the FBI, and his intense acting peers. A lovely, funny, and smart show about a seemingly emotionless guy trying to escape his past.

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