Review

Forrest MacNeil is a reviewer. However, he doesn't review things like movies, books or food, he reviews life. Every week viewers send in life experiences for Forrest to review and he then experiences them and reviews them. His actions in having these experiences will have an impact on Forrest's personal life.

A very original and funny show. The experiences Forrest is forced to undergo and review are often extreme, e.g. Divorce, killing someone, leading a cult, being buried alive, leading to some hilarious situations. There's also a fair amount of commentary on society, making the show quite insightful and topical.

I was a bit skeptical about the concept behind this show. What saves it from banality is just how creative and edgy each episode is. The viewer has NO idea what is going to happen next. There is no formula and the tension is often ratcheded up to excruciating levels. There are tons of laughs here and the back stories are woven in expertly. So many comedies are played very hammy with lots of stereotypes. This is a very refreshing new form of comedy where the backdrop is more realistic with only some of the characters being over the top. If you're a fan of Louie, The Office or Curb Your Enthusiasm you will likely really love this show. It's fresh and Andy Daly plays the role of the hapless reporter to perfection. I hope that we see more hilarious comedies coming. Great stuff!

Forrest MacNeil, the guy on TV who will review anything his viewers want, from the mundane to the life-changing. That's an awesome hook, but Andy Daly is a comic genius and runs like hell with it. The requests become progressively more impossible, so Forrest's life becomes self-destructive. Hell, it goes right down the tubes. Case in point: "What's it like to eat 30 pancakes?". Rating life experiences becomes ruinous for both him and pretty much everyone within his orbit (my god, his poor wife).

I honestly wasn't prepared for something so addicting. As soon as I finished the series run (22 episodes?!) I immediately wanted to start over. The replay value is astronomical, and for my money the pancakes episode is some of the best tragic comedy I've ever seen. You wouldn't think it'd be so fun to see this weirdo get absolutely wrecked, and just as clever as it is dark.

This show's amazing!

Just wow. He goes where I want to go but I can't because of SOCIETY.

IF that doesn't sell you, let me just say that this show is deceptively simple and deeply brilliant. Andy Daly's performance as Forrest is absolutely pitch perfect, by the end of the show you really feel like you've gotten to know and understand him and love him despite his many, many flaws.

His pure devotion to his "reviews" to the extent that he completely ruins everything good or decent about his own life is always difficult to watch but my sides are usually sore from laughing by the end.

Having not seen the Australian version I can't speak to that, but missing or dismissing this show because it's an American knock-off would be doing yourself a great disservice.