The Great Indoors

2016

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6.2| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info
Released: 27 October 2016 Canceled
Producted By: CBS Productions
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://cbs.com/shows/the-great-indoors
Synopsis

An adventure reporter must adapt to the times when he becomes the boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of the magazine.

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Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
Jens I wanted to like this, I really tried, but it's impossible. Joel McHale was hilarious and incredible witty in both "Community" and as presenter of E!'s "The Soup". Why he accepted to star in this incredible dim-witted show is beyond me. The premise of the show is that McHale plays a former outdoor reporter, who now has to work in an office with a bunch of pampered millennials. Yes, it's the old, stillborn sitcom idea: the generation gap. So a typical joke would be that Joel (who is 40something, I guess), has no idea how to use an iPhone (cue to canned laughter) and then Christopher Mintz-Plasse (30something?) helps him out. Now, isn't that funny? Hell, NO! And then there is veteran Britishcomedian Stephen Fry. He plays Joel's boss. And, like him, is completely wasted on this show. I have no idea what leverage CBS used to blackmail them into this stale sitcom, but it must be something punishable by death sentence, because anything less would be the better option.
Muffyn This show relies on narrowly drawn characters based on cruel, inaccurate stereotypes. Millennials are made to look incompetent. Of course, Gen Xers and Boomers hired these incompetents and spend their time being exasperated at their antics. It seems to me it would certainly be possible to find millennials who are indeed interested in outdoor activities.The Gen Xers and Boomers do not understand any form of technology. Somehow a man who spent decades traveling the world and only recently was called back to the head office has no understanding of video links, uploads, tablets, social media or any other technology. He must have been sending his info back to the magazine by carrier pigeon.The show is wasting wonderful actors on poorly drawn characterizations and lame story lines. The overblown laugh track cannot disguise how unfunny it is.As a person born on the cusp between the baby boom and Gen X and someone who works in tech, I can say this unfunny sitcom is well off the mark. There is real humor to be found in these situations. Unfortunately the writers haven't found it.
colinrogers1 Stephen Fry was the best thing in this. Leaving after 3 episodes was the best thing he could have done as this nosedived and changed course of story line almost immediately. The main characters have no real depth and the sub plot of the intrepid explorer navigating his way back to a regular life is going to pan out as is now painfully obvious even after so few episodes. The three millennial types are portrayed as shallow and vapid, so in a way , accurate. For a drowning publication, they do little or no writing or journalism if you can call it that. So no wonder it's on the ropes, mind that's hardly the point but the premise and you should stick with that or the story becomes tiresome. This looked like it was going to have a slant toward wildlife and a story about the planet but that's now forgotten, possibly part of Fry's contract clause that his 3 episodes would have such story line. And what about the guy in the tent? That had something funny but now forgotten. Did he die?Dreadful and forgettable situation comedy. Will be very surprised if this gets a second run.
davidleebates I have already been watching this show for years. It's called LAST MAN STANDING. Just give the main character a wife and a couple kids and it's the exact same show. Conservative guy gets pulled off the road and has to work indoors with a bunch of millennials/liberals. Good job writers. You are have the ability to plagiarize. You are just as bad as White House Down/Olympus Has Fallen, Just Friends/Friends with Benefits, and every other Marvel movie that is just based on a comic book... Only reason I gave this a 3 and not a 1 is because I really like Last Man Standing... Where has all the creativity gone? I think I am going to write a book about guy who builds a droid, goes to space and fights his father with a light saber.

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