Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend Review

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend

Netflix

Full transparency, I didn’t finish.  I was that annoyed.

When Kimmy Schmidt started steaming 5 years ago the story felt playful and fun. She was this person who had been locked in a bunker, by none other than Jon Hamm, as a kid and then moved to the big city when released.  She met a motley crew of friends and navigated her naïveté around NYC while finding herself.

The schtick does not hold up.  The good news is the interactive tech seems to work seamlessly, although a small lull when switching to a new scene.  The bad news is it just isn’t buyable that Kimmy hasn’t matured over all these years; the movie starts with Kimmy talking to her backpack.  Also, it felt like there was more focus on the gimmick of it being interactive vs. developing an interesting story.

I am: Annoyed