Not even Neil Patrick Harris can save this badly dated Netflix series from Sex and the City creator Darren Star, writes judyberman
chronicles the misadventures of middle-aged men seeking men in Manhattan. It’s a faster-paced, more entertaining show than King’s inertsequel, but one marked by many of the same distracting defects, from overly stylized dialogue to underdeveloped characters to a bad case of affluenza.
From left: Brooks Ashmanskas as Stanley James, Neil Patrick Harris as Michael Lawson, Emerson Brooks as Billy Jackson in 'Uncoupled'When we meet Harris’ Michael, a real estate agent, he’s in bed with Colin , his finance-guy partner of 17 years, administering the sensual portion of Colin’s 50th birthday gift. By the time they reconvene that night, Colin has quietly moved out of their perfect apartment.
As Michael mourns, his single pals drag him into a contemporary gay dating scene shaped by Grindr and PrEP. Interms, art dealer Stanley is the lonely, career-driven Miranda of the trio and TV weatherman Billy the, collecting one-night stands and dispensing bawdy quips . Which is fitting, because sweet Michael is equal parts traditional, vanilla Charlotte and self-centered, overly analytical Carrie.
But most characters lack anything approaching Michael’s depth. Colin oscillates between nice guy and sociopath. Claire reads as acliché despite Harden’s arch, fun performance. Hookup apps aside, the Manhattan they inhabit, where everyone is wealthy and talks like they’re in a racyplay, feels badly dated. “Don’t you just love New York?” gushes a man Michael picks up while running errands.
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