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Documentary Now! - Season 2
Fred Armisen's Documentary Now starring Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Helen Mirren is back in its next season. This narrates the current worship with documentaries. Season two consists six distinctive stories and stylistic approaches paying homage to the doc format.
7 April 1941, London, England, UK
14 December 1951
22 November 1956, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
10 July 1977, Oakland, California, USA
2 February 1935, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
15 April 1965, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
July 28, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA
September 14, 2016
The replication of a low-budget, earnestly progressive public TV broadcast is impeccable, abetted by Helen Mirren's hilariously solemn introductions of the films.
September 15, 2016
It's comedy absent a neon sign and an obvious "here it comes" moment. It's laughter when you least expect it and it lingers because of that artfully constructed set-up.
September 16, 2016
[It] not only succeeds in pulling off the documentary parody that it's going for, but also in just being downright funny and another good showcase of Hader and Armisen.
September 16, 2016
Welcome back, Documentary Now! I love you so much, you weirdo.
September 16, 2016
Documentary Now makes a solid case that it could very well be a comedy series that fits that bill, but the series' ambitions remain just a bit too hit-and-miss to fully realize that promise.
September 28, 2016
Season Two isn't purely a high concept exercise in direct imitation, there will also be plenty of LOLs.
September 14, 2016
One of TV's best comedies, Documentary Now! is also one of its strongest homages to classic documentary films. The first one tackled for the second season is the suitably political "The Bunker."
September 27, 2016
Documentary Now! continues to surprise and entertain from week to week with such varied episodes, with some leaning toward slapstick and others more subdued.
October 17, 2016
Yes, Documentary Now! gives Armisen and Hader the chance to play the same oddballs they used to play on SNL, but in a more extended, nuanced manner.
September 16, 2016
The show's stars, Fred Armisen and Bill Hader, elevate every episode with their performances, but it's a comedy that wrings laughs mostly with its rigorous attention to detail.
