Baskets: Season 1

"We have to slog through enough grimness every day; there’s no reason you should be forced to watch it on TV too. But if you’re willing to endure for the occasional flash of brilliance, have at it."

"After the promising first episode, Baskets wanders, becoming a sour, rambling sendup of strip-mall American life."

"Galifianakis, Anderson and especially Kelly fill Baskets with possibility, even if it’s not exactly brimming with energy from the onset."

"If you’re on its level, Baskets is very, very funny, but more than that, it contains a unique, subdued beauty..."

"Dark and strangely beautiful..."

"Baskets is bold, it is courageous, but it doesn’t really work."

"An absurdity that is disturbing real, funny at times, and depressing at others."

"It’s almost worth watching Baskets just to see Anderson play one of the most instantly amusing and sympathetic characters on TV."

"It’s a good mix of highbrow humour and silly, kick-in-the-pants laughs."

"There’s no real reason to spend half an hour with Chip, much less go on his journey to nowhere."