HBO Half Man
Created by Richard Gadd · 2026 ·
Half Man (2026) earns a 77% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended overall. Created by Richard Gadd; streaming on HBO Max.
Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, IMDb, fan). See how we calculate scores.
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Is Half Man worth watching?
Yes — Half Man earns a 77% Celluloid Score. Recommended, created by Richard Gadd and streaming on HBO Max.
Critics Consensus
Raw, bruising and defiantly uncomfortable, Half Man doesn't match Baby Reindeer's lightning strike, but Gadd and Jamie Bell make its portrait of fraternal damage impossible to shake.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
What is Half Man about?
At Niall's wedding, the sudden arrival of his estranged brother Ruben detonates into violence — and the story reels backward across three decades to trace how they got there. One brother is shy and tender, the other armored in fists-first masculinity, and the bond between them curdles from playground loyalty into a lifelong tangle of secrets, obsession and need. Richard Gadd follows Baby Reindeer with another unflinching excavation of male shame, this time mapped across an entire lifetime.
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