I decided to give this a watch despite the reviews as I do with all stand ups because in my opinion, stand up is even more subjective than movies. Everyone knows about the previous Netflix debacle, so I set all of these things aside going in. Now I did not care for the previous Leather special, and because not all comedians are one hundred percent all of the time, so why not. I'm not female, but I have been married for thirty years so I can more than relate to these types of jokes. I felt most reviews on this are wrong on both ends of the spectrum. It's not horrible and it's not laugh out loud funny either. I've laughed less at more popular comedians routines in the past. I say give it a chance and judge for yourself.
122 Reviews
it was OK
AdrienneGrayceMusic24 March 2019
I know that most of the extremely low ratings are from trolls who just don't like Amy Schumer and most likely haven't even watched this special.
I am an Amy Schumer fan and seen her live a few times. She was great each time. She is very blunt and has a dirty set, but this Netflix special didn't entertain me as much as she usually does. I had a few haha moments but thats about it. Its worth a watch if you are a fan of hers, but if you haven't watched, you haven't earned the right to review.
I feel sad for Amy
jameskidac27 September 2019
Jesus Christ I don't know what happened between her CC roast and the Leather Special. It feels like Amy is currently doing one bomb after another, from movies to specials and then this one. I could barely sit through the trailer and the entire thing brought me to some kind of out of body experience, as if she was doing cringe on purpose when it was supposed to be funny. I have no idea what happened to her, but she needs to fire all her writers, producers and start doing clubs again, and I don't mean party, I mean comedy clubs. This is the last grace I can do for you Amy, it is worth much less than 4 stars trust me, I was initially sceptical about the netflix 1 star rating but this one was equally hard to bear because we know she is better than this. Hope she has a good kid but wow this empowerment stuff has not been kind to her act, even if it is done in good intentions.
Guys, it's not funny to hate on Amy "just because"
nadawiii19 March 2019
Look, I like Amy. I mean, before going into this Netflix special I had only seen her movies and her show, both had their good parts and their bad parts. This special was funny, heartfelt and actually kind of sweet. Basically everything I'm looking for. She made me laugh out loud, because at some parts I related and I felt seen!
I hardly ever leave a review but when I looked at this IMDb page I saw that she had received 2,4 stars and that just felt wrong. Because it was better than that. And for people to hate and to be negative just because that seems like the thing you should be proves that you didn't learn anything from the special.
Don't be negative, or else the shame wizard from Big Mouth will knock on your door.
I hardly ever leave a review but when I looked at this IMDb page I saw that she had received 2,4 stars and that just felt wrong. Because it was better than that. And for people to hate and to be negative just because that seems like the thing you should be proves that you didn't learn anything from the special.
Don't be negative, or else the shame wizard from Big Mouth will knock on your door.
And again....
the_zombiehunter20 March 2019
Amy always funny
madalena_seabra3 July 2019
Damn, this was a waste of my time
victorsmallcarter-6248019 March 2019
I decide to not let the hate she is getting influence my opinion.
But too much is too much. How can someone be that unfunny, i'm pretty sure i didnt watch a comedy show but 1h30 of someone telling me how better she is then her audience. I don't understand how netflix let her have 2 comedy special, and weirdly i get the impression she repeat some joke i heard from someone else but less funny. But it could be just me
The Absolute State of delusional people.
brosnanwhite22 July 2021
The only reason i gave this a 10 star rating is so people find this amongst the other delusional 25 reviews of being 10 stars.
The problem isn't that she's female, the problem is that she's exceptionally unfunny and claims that people don't like her because she's a women.
What I truly find hilarious is if you go through these peoples profiles that gave her 10/10, 9 times out of 10 it's their only review.
THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.
The problem isn't that she's female, the problem is that she's exceptionally unfunny and claims that people don't like her because she's a women.
What I truly find hilarious is if you go through these peoples profiles that gave her 10/10, 9 times out of 10 it's their only review.
THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.
Good enough for me.
deloudelouvain7 March 2020
I agree with the fact that the first shows of Amy Schumer were funnier but to rate this one with the lowest score possible is just ridiculous. After her last show The Leather Special , which wasn't great to be honest, I hoped she would do better this time and she did. It's not as good as her shows from the beginning but there is improvement since The Leather Special. People are complaining she talks a lot about her vagina, which she does, but it's funny so I don't see the problem. Growing has some good funny moments, maybe a couple passages were not that great but it was still entertaining enough to me. If you didn't like Amy before you won't change your mind with this one, but why would you even watch it then? Just watch something else and stop whining all the time.
Who are these people laughing at those tampon jokes?
thanosisright19 March 2019
Seriously I want to know. She is making the same jokes special after special there are these people laughing. This is an insult to comedy. I always try to give her a chance that she might surprise me. I am stupider than her audience I guess.
I don't understand the 1 star rating
rescobedo-6244721 March 2019
If you love Amy, you will for sure enjoy this special. Her "Leather special" was not that funny but in this one , she is hilarious!
She cracked me up several times. Just sit back,relax and enjoy it. It is just comedy. Lighten up! For some reason, some people (mostly men ) like to hate her, I'm guessing that's where all the 1star ratings come from.
If you were uncomfortable...
brentcourtright28 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
GOOD!!! Men have been telling jokes like these and you all laugh. Flip the script and you are now offended. I'll admit that the tampon bit got to me a little but the point of joke was on point. Keep up the good work Amy!
Pretty Bad
danocaster19 March 2019
Amy Schumer's new netflix concert is out and on the positive note it's much better than her last horrible one. You know, the one where she wore a leather outfit and talked about her smelly feminine organs. She's pregnant now and more or less talks about that subject for the whole hour. Some of her observations are pretty funny, especially early on. But after a while it just gets OLD. Even the crowd gets quiet at times, like they're hoping dearly for anything to laugh at. I have nothing against Amy as a comedian but God, what a long boring show.
Please Netflix, invest in other female comedians
meusvita21 March 2019
What's with the reviewers who say "As a woman...."? Like that should matter and implying just because you're a women, you should love it? Yes, I'm a woman, but even if I weren't, I can't imagine how anyone would think this is deserving of another Netflix special. Can she write anyone other than "vag jokes"? If they were actually funny, then cool. But, they're not. I can't think of any male comedian who does a full set of practically nothing but NOT FUNNY d*ck jokes. If she's trying to brand herself as "nasty," fine. But, don't subject paying subscribers to this. There are so many other funny, female, comedians that Netflix could be investing in.
Not at all bad like some reviews suggest!
bkosto10-769-4283645 April 2020
No it's not the best special but it's quite entertaining, for me at least. There were a few iffy jokes but overall she did well. Try not to go into this or other specials with any preconceptions. All that does is lower the entertainment bar. She still delivers good comedy in a unique way.
First Half An Improvement, Second Half An Abomination
MogwaiMovieReviews19 March 2019
I know there's going to be an almost unending run of one-star reviews here, just because it's fun to trash Amy Schumer, but the first half of this is actually an improvement over her last special.
Schumer clearly has *some* comedic skills: whether, like so many of her past jokes, they've all been stolen from other people, I don't know (there ARE a bunch of postures and facial expressions in this one she seems to have lifted wholesale from Louis CK).
I think the problem is they are not in service to anything: she herself has nothing of any real interest, novelty or depth to say. The subject matter never once leaves herself, and generally just tends to return to the familiarly lazy remarks on her own slobbishness, guaranteed to arouse whooping "you go girl"s from her bovine crowd. There's not very many jokes, as such, and the ones there are aren't very funny.
The second half is where it really nosedives and she gets into her cringey NPC feminist talking points. Without her awful, awful, awful politics shoehorned in, this would have been a solid 4: poor but not irredeemable. But with them, she ruins any goodwill or willingness to hear her out, and so the whole special itself.
TLDR: I guarantee you will not laugh once.
Schumer clearly has *some* comedic skills: whether, like so many of her past jokes, they've all been stolen from other people, I don't know (there ARE a bunch of postures and facial expressions in this one she seems to have lifted wholesale from Louis CK).
I think the problem is they are not in service to anything: she herself has nothing of any real interest, novelty or depth to say. The subject matter never once leaves herself, and generally just tends to return to the familiarly lazy remarks on her own slobbishness, guaranteed to arouse whooping "you go girl"s from her bovine crowd. There's not very many jokes, as such, and the ones there are aren't very funny.
The second half is where it really nosedives and she gets into her cringey NPC feminist talking points. Without her awful, awful, awful politics shoehorned in, this would have been a solid 4: poor but not irredeemable. But with them, she ruins any goodwill or willingness to hear her out, and so the whole special itself.
TLDR: I guarantee you will not laugh once.
I think we've established her comedy isn't for men.
scarletdances21 March 2019
I really enjoyed it. She's relatable and she made me laugh. I can see how some things she talks about would be a turn off to the male population, but honestly it does seem like she's just embraced that; people are going to hate on her anyway.
Just when you thought she couldn't get any worse.
basgast20 March 2019
Worst comedy show on netflix. Disgusting woman who is just unfunny, no idea why she would get a special. Shame on you netflix.
To be fair, I did stop watching after 40 minutes in....... I just couldn't take it any longer. Check out Katherine Ryan, if you want to see a funny lady.
To be fair, I did stop watching after 40 minutes in....... I just couldn't take it any longer. Check out Katherine Ryan, if you want to see a funny lady.
First time seeing seeing her
nyrnymnyj-4524926 March 2019
HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING AGAIN?!
ReconMan865422 March 2019
Netflix must be entwined in some sort of mutually assured destruction pact with this painfully unfunny, burned-out lump. Wasn't the first sinking of the USS Schumer 'comedy special' the reason Netflix had to detonate their entire rating system?
I'm not just 'throwing rocks' here. Like Malcolm McDowel in 'A Clockwork Orange', with his eyelids mechanically pryed open, I forced myself to watch 'Amy Schumer Growing' and had to stop myself from leaping from my rooftop only minutes in to this awful disaster.
GIVE IT UP, NETFLIX! There's nothing you can do to make us want this tripe.
I Will Start Looking at IMDB Ratings Instead of Netflix Ratings
shinedowness6 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The Netflix rating system is deceptive. Amy Schumer was funny one time in this show for me. Only one time when she showed a painting that kind of looked like Markiplier with blonde hair. Nothing more, nothing less. Unfortunately, I was wanting something more than this standup comedy. Amy's career in comedy is not panning out in a way that makes her truly funny but more like she is profitable. She has predictably talked about almost the same thing she talked about in The Leather Special that has been said here in Growing. It looks like there is no growing but stagnating and sleeping with Netflix employees or something to get high ratings on Netflix. All I know is that Amy Schumer is not funny anymore. Discussing tampons in that manner and talking about how girls date jackbutts and Amy getting sentimental were all ingredients to make me not have an easy time laughing.
Hilarious evolution of Amy Schumer
jesikinnevan24 March 2019
Being a woman and having recently had a baby, I related so much to this special. Amy seems to be a comedian you either find hysterical or don't get at all. I have always found Amy to be tears-in-my-eyes funny and this special was particularly resonant.
Deteriorating Comedy
movement-6918220 March 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I was a fan of the Amy Schumer of old. She herself can be funny but it appears like she feels she has to pander to odd "feminist" view points & its slowly destroying her material. She literally had a joke about pulling out used tampons & showing it around because it's the "equivalent" to guys who all apparently like to show their privates publicly. False equivalency & nonsensical. She also had points on needing more female Ieaders, good right?.. so she can ask them questions like why her discharge is brown... I legitimately felt disgusted at parts. Furthermore, Amy ended the special with what I SWEAR was a Louis ck joke about having to wait to find a significant other.
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