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This Is Going to Hurt (TV Series)

This Is Going to Hurt

2022

Lucy Forbes, Tom Kingsley

Ben Whishaw, Ambika Mod, Michele Austin, Alex Jennings ...

7.4

1,098

TV Series. Comedy. Drama Set on labour ward with all its hilarity and heart-lifting highs but also its gut-wrenching lows, the show delivers a brutally honest depiction of life as a junior doctor on the wards, and the toll the job can take back home.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Lauren Morris Radio Times	"A fast-paced emotional rollercoaster, 'This Is Going to Hurt' is hands-down one of the best dramas we'll see in 2022 (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Boyd van Hoeij Empire	"A heart-breaking mini-masterpiece handled with total care and empathy (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"[It] pulls no punches in portraying the difficulties of life as a junior medic – be it fatigue, bullying or falling asleep at the wheel (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"It's been a while since TV has had a great hospital drama. 'This Is Going to Hurt' definitely qualifies"	POS
United States	Michael Starr New York Post	"Whishaw is intense and believable as Adam. But there's not much to like about him and that makes it difficult to empathize with [him] —though both he and the series redeem themselves somewhat, by bowing out on a hopeful note"	NEU
United Kingdom	Anita Singh Telegraph	"[It] gives a valuable, if sometimes vulgar, insight into the stark reality of a labour ward (...) Rating:	POS
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"'This is Going to Hurt' keeps you riveted from 1st scene to last (...) Kay and Whishaw succeed triumphantly in creating one of the best and most bracingly brilliant TV shows of the year. You'll laugh till it hurts"	POS
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"A feat of empathetic entertainment (...) It takes the viewer on a sometimes relentless, exhausting, but fascinating ride"	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"One of the best medical dramas to hit the small screen in years. It's an emotionally complex and uneasily hilarious examination of the U.K.'s National Health Service and a prickly character study"	POS
United States	Sam Haysom Mashable	"'This is Going to Hurt' paints a dark, funny, and shocking picture of life as a doctor (...) The characters are so well-drawn we can't help but root for them"	POS
United States	Lauren Coates The Playlist	"Unflinchingly honest, disparagingly relatable, and undeniably funny, 'This is Going to Hurt' is a much-needed examination of the NHS and the trials of working in medicine. "	POS

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