I Love Dick (TV series)
| I Love Dick | |
|---|---|
| Created by |
Sarah Gubbins Jill Soloway |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 32 min. |
| Production company(s) | Amazon Studios Topple Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Amazon Video |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Original release | August 19, 2016 |
I Love Dick is an American television series released on Amazon Video. It is based on the novel of the same name by Chris Kraus. It was created by Jill Soloway and Sarah Gubbins. The pilot premiered on August 19, 2016, and the first season was released on May 12, 2017.
Chris (Kathryn Hahn) is an unsuccessful New York City-based artist and filmmaker who accompanies her husband Sylvère (Griffin Dunne) to Marfa, Texas where Sylvère is taking up a research fellowship. Upon arrival in Marfa, Chris quickly becomes infatuated with Sylvère's fellowship sponsor Dick (Kevin Bacon). Her infatuation with Dick becomes articulated in un-delivered letters to him which are filled with unbounded sexually explicit desires. Her contentious and frustrating interactions with Dick as well as the writing of her confessional letters to him begin to affect her attitudes towards her marriage, work and confidence as an artist and person.
I Love Dick has been met with generally positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the series an approval rating of 84%, based on 45 reviews, with an average rating of 7.79/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Adult in the best way, I Love Dick expands the scope of its source material while offering smart, provocative, and funny observations on sexuality and gender roles." Critical aggregator website Metacritic awarded Season One a score of 73, denoting "generally favorable" reviews.
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