John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

Audience Reviews

View All (41) audience reviews

Charles H good movie. would recommend. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/01/24 Full Review Patrick F This was a much different project for John Mulaney and Netflix. Instead of a traditional standup special it's a children's musical comedy special that spoofs classic children's television series such as Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and The Great Space Coaster. It spoofs them in an endearing yet at times dark way. The child cast was terrific, the songs were silly, and the production felt very real to the shows it was making fun of. It felt like a series of Saturday Night Live skits made into a whole special. I applaud John and Netflix for thinking outside the box and presenting audiences with something so very different and still so funny. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/01/23 Full Review Carlotta 4 Caveat of this review will be very much personal preference and not necessarily an indicator of technical quality. The thing that impressed me most in this show were the children actors, who did a great job both acting, singing, and dancing considering their ages. Fantastic work to all of them! But other than that (and the "music man" segment which had good energy and some jokes) I just didn't see the point of the show. It's a humor that doesn't jell with my own, I don't find children saying/doing adult things in and of itself hilarious--I think those things should also themselves be funny. This includes the musical segments of which 90% were pointless (no jokes, no quips... how is a kid singing about how he only eats macaroni either interesting or funny?!). There was no cohesive narrative either. The show is clearly imitating Sesame Street in particular but even Sesame street has a plot or word for the day to vaguely tie it together! This show did not. One random uneventful thing to another. So I spent the entire film really quite bored and glancing at the clock a lot. I don't need to delve too much further on that because I really do applaud the work the kids put into their parts, it didn't fail from lack of effort on their ends. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/24/21 Full Review Audience Member My husband's a huge fan of John's and he thought this was okay, but my kid thought it was weird. I thought it was a little strange and not for kids. It felt like it was trying too hard to be hip. Maybe that's the vibe? My kid has always hated "kids" shows, and has thought them creepy since forever. I must admit, after working many kids shows in my last theatre job, the people who tour with kids are not healthy people, nor do they understand children. I'm not saying John blasted the kids out of my theatre with raver jams until they were all screaming experiencing their first panic attack in hell as their ears bled to "Try it! Try it! Food is good" unsung by some martian furry puppet which can't move its mouth, but, he's better off with the stand-ups... Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member When I think back on this show it makes me physically annoyed with how much of a failure this is. This is too alt for the alt room. It tries so hard to be the antithesis if children's programming and be cooler than the room and fails to understand what made those other things great. I wish I could forget this and if you enjoy it; you are lying to yourself. This is the opposite of entertainment. I'd rather stare at a blank wall Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Liam D A fun, Charming, witty and Dark special This musical is a absolutely hilarious and insane ride Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/21 Full Review Read all reviews

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW