History Series / Review

For the WebVideo/RedLetterMedia show, go to ''WebVideo/ReView''. Not to be confused with the trope {{Review}}.

* BattleaxeNurse: Forrest meets one while reviewing "There all is aching". [[spoiler: She works at the mental asylum where he is sent after being deemed a danger to himself or others, and she smiles gleefully while performing electroshock therapy on Forrest]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A.J. Gibbs gets revenge on Randy Romer by [[spoiler: setting off a feces bomb in his car, an event that traumatizes him so much that he is institutionalized]], and gives the experience five stars.

* BitterWeddingSpeech: [[spoiler: What starts as [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy I Want My Beloved To Be Happy]] eventually becomes this.]]

* CallBack: The show has a surprisingly strong continuity, with numerous callbacks to previous events both within the episode and in prior episodes. Perhaps most pervasive is the [[spoiler:cocaine addiction]] Forrest developed after a review of [[spoiler: what it's like to get addicted to something]].

* CrazyConsumption: Forrest struggles to eat 15 pancakes but [[spoiler: manages to wolf down 30 effortlessly in a daze after losing his wife]].

* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler: Suzanne submits a review ("What is it like to never review anything every again?") that offers Forrest a chance to escape the show and return to his old life. With a little manipulation from Grant, Forrest vetoes the review, causing Suzanne and Eric to leave town, never to be found by Forrest again. As if this weren't bad enough, Forrest's show is cancelled immediately after the decision. Forrest is deluded into thinking the cancellation is a prank perpetrated by his coworkers, and even after they all leave and the studio is stripped bare, he refuses to believe otherwise]].

* DeathGlare: While reviewing "Forgiveness," Forrest eventually approaches his producer Grant, who he [[spoiler: paralyzed at the end of the second season. Grant assures Forrest that he forgave him immediately after the incident happened… Then, when Forrest looks away, levels a cold, murderous stare at him.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Forrest vetoes a review that Suzanne submitted in an attempt to [[LogicBomb logic bomb]] Forrest into quitting the show, leading her and Eric to disappear forever. The show is cancelled immediately afterwards, with Forrest believing the cancellation is a prank and claiming he would commit suicide if it wasn't. The show ends with him on an empty set, still confident in his delusion.]]
** Averted for his crew members. [[spoiler: Despite the cancellation, Grant earned a promotion, Forrest's secretary became an author who wrote a series of romantic novels, that became best sellers, and A.J. Gibbs got a travel series with Josh and Tina, who will actually be paid for working on.]]
*** Bit of a BittersweetEnding for Suzanne and Eric. [[spoiler: Forrest's show cost Suzanne her marriage and Eric's relationship with his father but it's safe to say their lives could end up being better off with Forrest out of them.]]

* DrowningMySorrows: Forrest after [[spoiler: his divorce]] and much, much worse when he [[spoiler: breaks into the house he used to live in]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: While characters like [[spoiler: Forrest, Suzanne and Eric]] are put through hell and are lucky just to survive the show, [[spoiler: Josh (and Tina)]] manages to earn a paid gig with [[spoiler: A.J. Gibbs' new travel series. All he had to go through was living unpaid in the Review offices at night and getting shot, arrested at a whorehouse, and crushed by a gigantic lightning rod.]]

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: [[spoiler: Divorce]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While [[spoiler: recovering from several gunshot wounds]] Forrest is presented with flashcards in the Season 2 premiere, where he sees a picture of a bridge and calls it a "conspiracy". In the Season 2 finale [[spoiler: "Conspiracy Theory", Forrest hurls himself and Grant from a bridge, believing the entire show has been a conspiracy to kill him.]]

* GluttonyMontage: Pancakes.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Some reviews were destined to be bad from the start [[spoiler: like divorce]], but many that could have been enjoyable wind up being a terrible disaster. Let's see, there's [[spoiler: Going to Prom, [[SexForSolace Sleeping With a Celebrity]], Having a Best Friend, [[AccidentalMurder Going to Space]], Joining the Mile High Club, Granting a Wish, [[LostAtSea Spending Time Alone on a Rowboat]], [[PrisonRiot Pillow Fights]], and [[TearJerker Having an Imaginary Friend]]]].
* GoodNewsBadNews: The bad news is that [[spoiler: Jack is dead]]. The good news is that space was amazing.

* HomePornMovie: Forrest plans to make one with his wife for a review [[spoiler: and settles for making one with a sex doll]].

* HopeSpot: While reviewing Going into Space, he brings his former father-in-law with him. Right before the ship takes off, Suzanne's father promises to try and talk his daughter into getting back together with Forrest. [[spoiler: He fails to fasten his seatbelt and dies when the ship takes off. When the ship returns, Forrest's ex wife hates him and blames Forrest for killing her father]].

* HouseFire: [[spoiler: A very easily preventable one burns down Forrest's dad's house, simply because of Forrest's commitment to his current review]].

--> [[spoiler: "What kind of a monster would make my dad homeless for a television show?"]]

* InsistentTerminology: Forrest always refers to Mrs. Greenfield as "Mrs. Greenfield", never revealing her first name [[spoiler: even after she leaves her husband to live with Forrest.]]

* KickTheDog: The people who ask Forrest to review things like [[spoiler: divorce, addiction, theft, murder, getting kicked in the nuts, being struck by lightning, eating 30 pancakes, and other things that appear to serve no other purpose than to put Forrest through misery.]]
** [[spoiler: When Forrest started a cult, he included a ritual confessing. The woman who admitted to running over a homeless man and leaving him to die counts as this, as does Forrest when he later blackmailed her into surrendering her life savings to him.]]
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: Jack T. Walthall]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Jack T. Walthall, Mrs. Greenfield, [[ImaginaryFriend Clovers]].]]

* LighterAndSofter: While neither light nor soft, Forrest is considerably more sympathetic than [[Series/ReviewWithMylesBarlow Myles]]. [[spoiler: Forrest, unlike Myles, actually tried his best to avoid divorcing his wife, within the rules of the show]].

* LogicBomb: Forrest uses a precious veto on [[spoiler: reviewing "Procrastination", since if you put off procrastinating, you are procrastinating, and if you procrastinate right away, you aren't doing it]].

* LostAtSea: [[spoiler: Forrest, while reviewing "Rowboats", for three months]].

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Forrest's second wife. [[spoiler: Deconstructed as it's taken to its logical conclusion. Turns out someone who is willing to marry someone they just met is inclined to impulsively do it again. And again.]]

* MentorArchetype: [[spoiler: The King of The Orgy, who teaches Forrest to let go of his inhibitions when Forrest reviews Orgies.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When [[spoiler: Clovers dies]] Forrest finally [[spoiler: breaks down crying and laments "the utter pointlessness and cruelty [his] life has become"]].
* NightmareFetishist: Tina.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Forrest, who has a serious conversation with his [[spoiler: ex-wife]] while reviewing "being Irish." His Irish accent slips slightly at points in the conversation.
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: Grant doesn't reveal to Forrest that the assassin he has hired to hunt him down is using a paintball gun until it is too late, leading to Forrest almost killing Grant and himself.]]
* PrisonRiot: Forrest accidentally causes one when he suggests a fun Prisoners vs. Guards pillow fight behind bars. While the guards see it as a good activity to deal with aggression in a harmless way, the inmates see it as the perfect opportunity to [[spoiler: fill their pillow cases with weights and assault the prison staff.]]
* TheProblemWithPenIsland: Forrest is driven mad and ultimately institutionalized trying to figure out twitter user @bubblebaths's cryptic request to review "There all is aching." [[spoiler: This was due to a computer mix-up; the actual request was from @[=TheRealLisaChing=] asking Forrest to review bubble baths]].
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler: Clovers, Forrest's imaginary friend. All the prisoners pretend they're having sex with Clovers when they masturbate.]]

* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler: Forrest vetoes his last chance at happiness to continue the show, which is cancelled immediately afterwards.]]

** Mrs. Greenfield's [[spoiler: last words, "Die, monster, die!"]] could be a reference to the 1965 film ''Film/DieMonsterDie'', a movie about a man whose experiments have a profound negative effect on everyone close to him.

* SinisterShiv: As Forrest is leaving prison, he is forced to witness [[spoiler: his imaginary friend Clovers being killed by a prison gang with imaginary shivs]].

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Forrest to Grant, when he mistakenly believes he is about to be assassinated.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: Every time the show has police, it's the same two cops (in non-speaking roles). Eventually this changes when [[spoiler: Forrest and his new wife kidnap one in order to run from the law.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Forrest's dad delivers a crushing one [[spoiler: when he finds Forrest in prison]].
--> [[spoiler: "Through it all, I told myself, ‘Forrest is a good boy, and he always has been.’ But now a man is dead and you’re charged with killing him. What are your values, son? Did I raise you to have values where it’s okay to kill somebody? I hope not."]]

''Review'' (sometimes known as ''Review with Forrest [=MacNeil=]'') was an American television {{mockumentary}} series that ran for three seasons (2014–17) on Creator/ComedyCentral, adapted from the Australian series ''Series/ReviewWithMylesBarlow'' and starring Creator/AndyDaly (who'd previously appeared in ''Series/EastboundAndDown'', ''Series/ComedyBangBang'', ''Series/{{Delocated}}'', and other shows). The show is ostensibly a parody of RealityTelevision, with the host, Forrest [=MacNeil=], rating various life experiences suggested by "viewers." Experiences rated by Forrest include quitting a job, going into space, getting a divorce, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15TyRtA73Ks being a racist]].

''Review'' (sometimes known as ''Review with Forrest [=MacNeil=]'') was an American television {{mockumentary}} series that ran for three seasons (2014–17) on Creator/ComedyCentral, adapted from the Australian series ''Series/ReviewWithMylesBarlow'' and starring Creator/AndyDaly (who'd previously appeared in ''Series/EastboundAndDown'', ''Series/ComedyBangBang'', ''Series/{{Delocated}}'', and other shows). The show is ostensibly a parody of RealityTelevision, with the host, Forrest [=MacNeil=], rating various life experiences suggested by "viewers." Experiences rated by Forrest include quitting a job, going into space, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15TyRtA73Ks being a racist]].

** Forrest wears his [[HurtingHero "Being the Life of the Party"]] suit to his son's birthday again in the second season.

* CosmicPlaything: The universe is pretty hellbent on making Forrest miserable. Although there are plenty of times where he brought on himself.

For the WebVideo/RedLetterMedia show, go to ''WebVideo/ReView''.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Forrest.

* AdultFear: Suzanne Macneil watches her husband, and the father of her child, suddenly change, ripping apart their family and his life through increasingly dangerous activities. She eventually incorrectly (through a lie of omission on Forrest's part), but understandably, comes to the conclusion that [[spoiler:he's suffering from a brain tumor.]]
** Some outside force orchestrating the events of your misfortune with hopes in killing you.

''Review'' (sometimes known as ''Review with Forrest [=MacNeil=]'') was an American television {{mockumentary}} series that ran for three seasons (2014–17) on Creator/ComedyCentral, adapted from the Australian series ''Series/ReviewWithMylesBarlow'' and starring Andy Daly (who'd previously appeared in ''Series/EastboundAndDown'', ''Series/ComedyBangBang'', ''Series/{{Delocated}}'', and other shows). The show is ostensibly a parody of RealityTelevision, with the host, Forrest [=MacNeil=], rating various life experiences suggested by "viewers." Experiences rated by Forrest include quitting a job, going into space, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15TyRtA73Ks being a racist]].

* [[spoiler: HouseFire]]: [[spoiler: A very easily preventable one burns down Forrest's dad's house, simply because of Forrest's commitment to his current review]].

* [[spoiler: LostAtSea]]: [[spoiler: Forrest, while reviewing "Rowboats", for three months]].

** Mrs. Greenfield's [[spoiler: [[FamousLastWords Famous Last Words, "Die, Monster, Die"]]]] could be a reference to the 1965 film ''Film/DieMonsterDie'', a movie about a man whose experiments have a profound negative effect on everyone close to him.

* RealityEnsues: The bread and butter behind the show's comedy.

* {{Jerkass}}: [[YourCheatingHeart Joe Dale, Jr.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Forrest.

* BlackBestFriend: Forrest spends half of an episode trying to make Gene his.

->''"Life. It's literally all we have. But is it any ''good''? I'm a reviewer, but I don't review food, books, or movies. I review life itself. Welcome to ''Review'', I'm Forrest Macneil."''

''Review'' (sometimes known as ''Review with Forrest Macneil'') was an American {{mockumentary}} series that ran for three seasons (2014–17) on Creator/ComedyCentral. The show stars Andy Daly, who has also appeared in ''Series/EastboundAndDown'', ''Series/ComedyBangBang'', ''Series/{{Delocated}}'', and other shows. Review is adapted from the Australian television series, ''Series/ReviewWithMylesBarlow''. The show is ostensibly a parody of RealityTelevision, with the host, Forrest Macneil, rating various life experiences suggested by "viewers." Experiences rated by Forrest include quitting a job, going into space, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15TyRtA73Ks being a racist]].

''Review'' (sometimes known as ''Review with Forrest Macneil'') was an American television series that ran for three seasons (2014–17) on Creator/ComedyCentral. The show stars Andy Daly, who has also appeared in ''Series/EastboundAndDown'', ''Series/ComedyBangBang'', ''Series/{{Delocated}}'', and other shows. Review is adapted from the Australian television series, ''Series/ReviewWithMylesBarlow''. The show is ostensibly a parody of RealityTelevision, with the host, Forrest Macneil, rating various life experiences suggested by "viewers." Experiences rated by Forrest include quitting a job, going into space, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15TyRtA73Ks being a racist]].

Review (sometimes known as Review with Forrest Macneil) is an American television series airing on Creator/ComedyCentral. It premiered in 2014 and ran for three seasons. The show stars Andy Daly, who has also appeared in ''Series/EastboundAndDown'', ''Series/ComedyBangBang'', ''Series/{{Delocated}}'', and other shows. Review is adapted from the Australian television series, ''Series/ReviewWithMylesBarlow''. The show is ostensibly a parody of RealityTelevision, with the host, Forrest Macneil, rating various life experiences suggested by "viewers." Experiences rated by Forrest include quitting a job, going into space, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15TyRtA73Ks being a racist]].

For the Podcast/RedLetterMedia show, go to ''WebVideo/ReView''.

For the Creator/RedLetterMedia show, go to ''WebVideo/ReView''.

* [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Trans-Pacific Equivalent]]: Obviously.