This feels a bit like those 90's comedies that Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon did.
The magic between them was still there, but in older age and with indifferent material it didn't quite work. We don't want to see the greats stretching every funny bone in their bodies to try and make weaker material work.
This pretty much sums up what 'Mary and Rhoda' feels like. It's a very unsubtle attempt to launch a rebooted series, but can't seem to work out whether that would be a sitcom or a drama based on the material here. It ends up doing neither well.
It's a real shame, but trying to recapture magic is often disappointing.
The magic between them was still there, but in older age and with indifferent material it didn't quite work. We don't want to see the greats stretching every funny bone in their bodies to try and make weaker material work.
This pretty much sums up what 'Mary and Rhoda' feels like. It's a very unsubtle attempt to launch a rebooted series, but can't seem to work out whether that would be a sitcom or a drama based on the material here. It ends up doing neither well.
It's a real shame, but trying to recapture magic is often disappointing.