Death To...
- TV comedy
- Netflix
- 2020 - 2021
- 2 episodes
Death To... is the cathartic comedy event you'll never forget about the year you really, really don't want to remember. Stars Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman and more.
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Death To 2020 review
Now we know what a 2020 Wipe would look like if you threw lots of cash at it.
Dan Stubbs, NME, 28th December 2020Review: Death To 2020
It's fun, but only if your idea of fun is watching 70 minutes of Hollywood stars reading out jokes from The Mash Report.
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020
Charlie Brooker's Netflix mockumentary is a complete mess. One of the few things you can say for the show is that it's appropriate to its subject, in that you'll be glad when it's over.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020 is too rushed
The 70-minute Netflix special should probably have been at least five times longer.
Rory Cashin, Lovin.ie, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020 misses the Screen Wipe magic
It's not bad, but it is what it is. It's a recap with some characters going 'can you believe that?'
Tilly Pearce, Metro, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020
Once people realise Death To 2020 isn't actually very Black Mirror-esque at all, but rather just a subpar year-in-review show - in the vein of Last Week Tonight only less sharp - I'm not sure why anybody would seek out this special.
Daniel Fienberg, Hollywood Reporter, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020
It fast became a cliché to say that the spiralling dystopia of 2020 was like an out-of-control episode of Black Mirror. So it was probably inevitable that Charlie Brooker would be called upon to offer a satirical summary of the momentously awful 12 months, especially given his track record with the Wipe series for the BBC. The result is a wry, often bleakly amusing look at the year, albeit without the astringent personal bite Brooker normally brings to his year-end round-ups.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th December 2020Review: Death To 2020
Perhaps it's a case of too many cooks, with eighteen writers listed in the credits, and the desire to reach a much bigger audience given that the likes of Jackson, Jones, Grant and Milioti were all involved, but the satire felt bleakly blunted.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 27th December 2020Death To 2020: Interview with Brooker & Jones
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones tackle the "nonsense and chaos and horribleness" of 2020 with a star-studded mockumentary filmed under pandemic-era protocols. "We hope to give people a sort of cathartic exorcism of the year that was 2020," Jones tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Jackie Strause, Hollywood Reporter, 27th December 2020Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones interview
Black Mirror co-creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones discuss new comedy special Death To 2020, and the importance of being silly in the face of disaster.
Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 26th December 2020