Haters Back Off!

Maranda is the Napoleon dynamite of the show this show was given two seasons and I can see why

Obnoxious, could barely stand 5 minutes of it. It is one thing to have an obnoxious annoying character in an ensemble but this has multiple intentionally annoying characters. The main character, Miranda, is so whiny that I can not accurately pin point what age she is meant to be playing. The premise had potential but it missed the mark completely.

Not funny for a comedy, just plain not good if it's a drama. The lead character is incredibly annoying and I get they're trying to play it off as "no we're being annoying on purpose to be funny" but it just doesn't work, it's just an annoying and unlikable and unfunny person. The other actors are mostly terrible as well. The writing and jokes are terrible. Nothing worth watching and I saw the entire first season. I guess apparently there's a season two? Hopefully it is better but I will not be watching. Awful!

Meant to wait longer before writing this review but I just had to do it right now instead. I had planned to watch the entire first season (I hear there will be a second and I can't can't can't can't can't believe it) first, but I couldn't possibly sit through one more single minute of this show.

I don't love or hate the YouTube videos but the idea of taking those short clips of a really annoying character and stretching it out to a half hour series is just brain numbingly awful. Who had that bright idea?

The sister is a decent actor and the uncle causes a couple laughs as does Angela from The Office fame (who is Miranda's mom).

The writing is painfully awful to sit through with the jokes incredibly unfunny and predictable. Anyone who does not see these jokes coming from a mile away must be blind and never experienced a single sitcom before. Boring, boring, boring.

The worst part of the show though is the lead character of Miranda. The people around her are all unbelievable (except the sister) and stupid but she is the worst one of all. The whiny voice and complete lack of singing talent are of course planned but just because you write something to be intentionally bad does not somehow make it good... it's still awful to sit through!

This is so bad I can't even tell for sure if this is supposed to be a comedy or a drama or a statement about modern YouTube "stars"... it is very sad that this person is making a lot of money by being a terrible actress who pretends to sing badly, standing out as the worst person in a cast of unlikable, uninteresting characters.

Netflix doesn't make too many bad mistakes but this is one of them. No season two please. Make something else instead.

"Haters Back Off" isn't amazing, but it isn't horrible either. The acting is really well done and the camera-work keeps you interested, but the show suffers from a lack of purpose or identity. It's labeled on Netflix as a TV Comedy; and, while I admit that there were some parts that gave me a good chuckle (the gay bar scene was gold), I found myself feeling awful or disgusted or pity more than I was laughing. The show feels like a drama, but it feels like a drama that doesn't want to be a drama. Miranda Sings isn't the kind of whoopsie-daisy-I-done-a- bad kind of lovable idiot, but instead is very aware of how she's hurting people which it makes it very uncomfortable to laugh at some of her antics. She ruins the lives of everyone around her and proceeds to push away the only people who could stand to tolerate her behavior. The only semblance of humanity can be found in the characters of Emily, Patrick, and Bethany (at the end of the season to an extent). It's depressing. I felt horrible watching the family rip into poor Emily who doesn't do anything to deserve it. I felt horrible watching Miranda and Uncle Jim team up to bully people. I felt horrible watching the funeral scene. I felt horrible knowing all these people were not only enabling Miranda when she is clearly someone who needs a lot of psychological help, but also abusing her detachment from reality for personal gain (I'm looking at you Uncle Jim and Owen). Yes, a comedy is always welcome to heartfelt episodes that tackle serious subjects every now and then as long as in the end the show is still funny. Sadly, "Haters Back Off" lacks a balance between its serious aspects and its comedy aspects, and that results in a very off-putting viewing experience. You are left to squirm in your seat as you are unsure whether you should laugh at certain scenes, or just feel bad watching them. As another reviewer stated, I too would much rather enjoy a full-blown drama with comedic elements with the exact same cast and story.