Genre: Comedy
Actor: Adam Pally, Ayden Mayeri, Ego Nwodim, Stephen Curry
It feels weird to say this about one of basketball's most popular living legends, but it does feel like Steph Curry has found his breakout role in Mr. Throwback. The show’s parts are far better than the whole. The show is breezy but not memorable, funny but not laugh-out-loud hilarious. It’s okay, but it’s still worth watching just to see Curry play an outsized diva version of himself and SNL star Ego Nwodim deliver a pitch-perfect sendup of overworked assistants. Creator Adam Pally, who also plays the titular lead, is smart to step back when Curry and Nwodim are onscreen doing their thing. In fact, all the other characters are more interesting than Pally’s, which should feel like a flaw, but it works. There’s always someone to watch and something to fixate on the screen when Pally’s man-child character gets a bit too much. This is not the show to put on if you’re sick of the overplayed mockumentary format, but it is the one to watch if you ever wondered, “Can Curry act?” (yes) or “Nwodim deserves more parts in SNL” (absolutely).