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Wolf Like Me is a streaming television comedy-drama miniseries produced by Stan in association with NBCUniversal and Peacock. It premiered on both streaming services on 13 January 2022.[1]
Plot
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Gary (Josh Gad) is a single father living in Adelaide, Australia with his 11-year-old daughter Emma; both of whom are still emotionally traumatized by the death of Emma's mother, Lisa, 7 years earlier. They meet Mary (Isla Fisher), an isolated advice columnist recovering from her own complex emotional baggage. But despite her attempts to stay away, they keep meeting again and again, in a cluster of coincidences that imply the hand of destiny. While Gary struggles to connect to his daughter, for Mary reaching Emma is all but effortless. However, Mary's baggage involves a deadly secret that she fears might hurt the two.
Cast
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Main
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- Isla Fisher as Mary
- Josh Gad as Gary
- Ariel Donoghue as Emma
Recurring
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- Emma Lung - Sarah, Gary's sister-in-law
- Anthony Taufa - Ray, Sarah's partner
- Alan Dukes - Trevor, Emma's Psychiatrist
Guest
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Episodes
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Production
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]The six-part series was produced by Jodi Matterson, Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky. It was written by Abe Forsythe, who also directed all 6 episodes.[2][3] In April 2021 it was announced that Isla Fisher and Josh Gad would star in the series.[4] In December further cast members were announced with Ariel Donoghue, Emma Lung and Anthony Taufa, and guest roles for Jake Ryan, Robyn Nevin and Nash Edgerton.[5] The series was filmed in the Inner West of Sydney in the suburbs of Forest Lodge, Glebe, Ashfield and Ashbury, Western Sydney and regional NSW.
Release & reception
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]On 4 January 2022 the series released a trailer for the series, with it being described as "genre-bending."[6] The series released all six 30-minute episodes on Peacock and Stan on 13 January 2022.[7][8]
The series became available to view in Canada on Amazon Prime on 12 January 2022.[9]
Overall, the series has been met by a positive reception. Metacritic, based on 8 reviews, assigned the first season a rating of 69 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[10] Rotten Tomatoes gave the Season 1 a 65% critical approval rating and an average rating of 6.3/10 based on 20 reviews, though filtering for "Top Critics" the score rose to 75%. Stating that the Critic's Consensus of, "Wolf Like Me's mixed bag of occasionally disparate elements takes time to gel, but Isla Fisher and Josh Gad make it easy to be patient."[11]
Einzelnachweise
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- ↑ Christina Dugan: Josh Gad and Isla Fisher Get Romantic in Peacock's New Series Wolf Like Me — See the Photos! In: People. 9. Dezember 2021, abgerufen am 9. Dezember 2021.
- ↑ New Stan Original: Bruna Papandrea's Wolf Like Me with Isla Fisher, Josh Gad. In: comingsoon.net. Media Week, 29. April 2021, abgerufen am 24. August 2021.
- ↑ Ryan Schwartz: Wolf Like Me: Isla Fisher and Josh Gad Share Twisted Connection in Peacock Dramedy — Watch Trailer. In: TVLine. 4. Januar 2022, abgerufen am 6. Januar 2022.
- ↑ Jackie Keast: Isla Fisher and Josh Gad to topline Stan/Peacock's 'Wolf Like Me'. In: If.com.au. 29. April 2021, abgerufen am 6. Januar 2022.
- ↑ Matt Galea: The First Teaser For Stan's New Show Wolf Like Me Ft. Isla Fisher & Josh Gad Is An Absolute Trip. In: Pedestrian.TV. 10. Dezember 2021, abgerufen am 6. Januar 2022.
- ↑ Stephanie Wenger: Josh Gad and Isla Fisher Begin a Twisted Romance in Peacock's Wolf Like Me — Watch the Trailer. In: People. 4. Januar 2022, abgerufen am 6. Januar 2022.
- ↑ Germain Lussier: Wait, Is Isla Fisher What We Think She Is on Wolf Like Me? In: Gizmodo. 4. Januar 2022, abgerufen am 6. Januar 2022.
- ↑ Stephanie Nuzzo: Wolf Like Me: What We Know About Josh Gad and Isla Fisher's New Project. In: Lifehacker. 5. Januar 2022, abgerufen am 6. Januar 2022.
- ↑ John Doyle: Surrender your hearts to the strange romance of Wolf Like Me. In: The Globe and Mail. 18. Januar 2022, abgerufen am 20. Januar 2022.
- ↑ Wolf Like Me - Season 1 Reviews - Metacritic. In: Metacritic. Abgerufen am 29. Januar 2022.
- ↑ Wolf Like Me - Rotten Tomatoes. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Abgerufen am 29. Januar 2022.
Weblinks
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- Vorlage:Official website
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- Wolf Like Me bei Rotten Tomatoes (englisch)
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