Family Tree is the new HBO show created by Christopher Guest (of This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, For Your Consideration, etc) and starring Chris O'Dowd (of The IT Crowd, Bridesmaids, and general adorableness) as a man who starts searching out bits of his family history. It's quirky in a delightfully non-hipster way, and like all of Guest's work it's imbued with his unique charm while still being entirely its own piece of work. The half-hour television structure is working well, and the actors we've seen so far (some familiar Guest faces like Michael McKean, some new ones) are flat-out superb and quietly hilarious. O'Dowd's sister Bea (Nina Conti) and Monkey are some of my favorite new characters in recent memory. Suffice to say, if you've enjoyed any of Christopher Guest's work in the past, you'll adore this, and if you're new to him than this is a lovely entry-point. Funny, self-effacing, weird, and relatable, it's my favorite new show of the year. The opposite of a disappointment. Family Tree! Go watch and tell your friends and make sure it doesn't get Enlightened.
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