Review: The Weird, Wonderful 'Togetherness,' HBO's Newest Modern Family

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"My whole life, everybody told me, 'Stop weirding out,'" 37-year-old husband and father Brett Pierson (Mark Duplass) laments to an acquaintance in HBO's winsome "Togetherness." "It was used as a verb in my house, like, 'Don't weird out, Brett.'" Fortunately, as written and directed by Duplass and his brother, Jay -- with an assist from Nicole Holofcener -- the series develops a warm, sincere weirdness that is often more relatable than the crisp irony of "Girls." Lena Dunham's bracing slice of New York life is largely about the idea of adulthood. "Togetherness" is a comedy for adults. In this sense, "Togetherness" is a lovely complement to HBO's Sunday night lineup, the bridge between the consistently surprising but uneven "Girls" and the muted, ruminative "Looking." All three depict the families we construct from friends, lovers, siblings, and cousins after lighting out for the big city in our twenties --. »

- Matt Brennan

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