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title: "The Audacity"
year: 2026
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canonical: "https://film.one/tv/the-audacity"
fi1m_id: "the-audacity"
imdb_id: "tt30923123"
tmdb_id: 258036
wikidata_id: "Q138315612"
fi1m_score: 60
critics_reviews: 3
published: "2026-10-10T04:45:35.656519+00:00"
updated: "2026-10-10T04:45:36.649765+00:00"
region: "CZ"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# The Audacity (2026)

Created by Jonathan Glatzer · Drama, Comedy

## Identity

The Audacity

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/tv/the-audacity
- **Type:** Series
- **Fi1m ID:** the-audacity
- **IMDb ID:** tt30923123
- **TMDB ID:** 258036
- **Wikidata ID:** Q138315612
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30923123/, https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/258036, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138315612

**Fi1m score: 60** · Critics: 3 of 6 reviews so far

*In a sentence:* Everyone is in therapy, nobody gets better, and the sofa cost more than our flat

> Jonathan Glatzer’s Silicon Valley comedy-drama has a strong cast and a handful of sharp, nasty laughs, most of them Zach Galifianakis’s, but it keeps its people at arm’s length and its targets have been hit before. Decent, cold and slow to start.

## Synopsis

Silicon Valley, the present day. Duncan Park (Billy Magnussen) is the kind of man the tagline has in mind: move fast and break people. Dr. JoAnne Felder (Sarah Goldberg) is a therapist, one of the people paid to sit opposite men like him and listen. Around them are the households that live alongside the money: Lili Park-Hoffsteader (Lucy Punch) and young Jamison Park-Hoffsteader (Ava Telek); Martin Phister (Simon Helberg), Anushka Bhattachera-Phister (Meaghan Rath) and Tess Phister (Thailey Roberge); the other Dr. Felder, Gary (Paul Adelstein); Tom Ruffage (Rob Corddry); and Carl Bardolph (Zach Galifianakis), who has stopped pretending to be fine. Over eight episodes the series watches the spouses, children and therapists, and counts what the men who make the money break on the way through.

## Review

Jonathan Glatzer’s eight-part series looks at Silicon Valley from the chairs opposite it: the therapists, spouses and children who live with the men who want to change the world. Billy Magnussen plays Duncan Park, who has the confidence of someone who has never been told no, and Sarah Goldberg plays Dr. JoAnne Felder, who is paid to tell him things he does not want to hear. The tagline is “Move fast and break people.” That is the joke, and the series makes it well in flashes and at length in between.

The cast is the reason to stay. Magnussen has the gift of being handsome and faintly alarming at once, and he plays Duncan with a smile that arrives a beat before the thought behind it. Goldberg listens, which is harder than it sounds; JoAnne hears everything Duncan says and lets about a third of it show on her face. Their scenes together are the best thing here, two people each certain they are the one running the conversation.

Then there is Zach Galifianakis as Carl Bardolph, and we laughed, out loud and more than once, at a man who has given up on seeming well. Galifianakis has always been better sad than silly, and Carl is both: he says appalling things in a flat, tired voice, as if reading them off a prescription, and everyone else in the scene has to decide whether he is joking. He is the only person here we would follow into a show of his own.

The rest of the ensemble is good and underused. Lucy Punch gives Lili Park-Hoffsteader the bright, brittle manner of a woman who has rehearsed being fine. Simon Helberg and Meaghan Rath, as Martin Phister and Anushka Bhattachera-Phister, play a marriage conducted mainly through scheduling. Paul Adelstein’s Gary Felder is mild until he is not. Rob Corddry turns up as Tom Ruffage to be loud. The children, played by Everett Blunck, Ava Telek and Thailey Roberge, are written as witnesses rather than people, which is a choice, and a cold one.

Richard Rutkowski and Paula Huidobro share the cinematography and keep it clean: wide, level frames, a lot of glass, daylight through tinted windows landing on nothing warm. It suits the subject and it wears thin over eight episodes, because everything looks expensive and nothing looks lived in. Saunder Jurriaans and Danny Bensi score it with a low, nervous hum that rarely resolves; it suits the people and it kept us faintly on edge. Four directors, Lucy Forbes, Daniel Sackheim, Daniel Gray Longino and Alexander Buono, and four editors, Ron Rosen, Janet Weinberg, Steve Rasch and Jordan Kim, share it, and the seams show in the pace. The first two episodes take their time over who is married to whom and who owes whom; the later ones hurry.

The trouble is the one most critics have named. The series looks at its people the way JoAnne looks at Duncan, from the far chair, taking notes. We admired a good deal and were moved by almost none of it. Somewhere in the fourth episode we noticed we did not much mind who got what they wanted, and a show about wanting cannot afford that. The satire is aimed where a lot of satire has been aimed lately: men who say disruption and mean people, and the wellness business. Glatzer and his writers, Semi Chellas, Irving Ruan, Charlotte Ahlin, Marie Hanhnhon Nguyen and Arthur Phillips among them, are sharper than most on how the people around the money talk, and no sharper than anyone on what the money does.

[*Silicon Valley*](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley) found the comedy in the work and [*Succession*](https://film.one/tv/succession) found the misery in the family; this wants both and lands outside both. The reviews so far split on whether it is cold by accident or on purpose; we say on purpose, and were not much consoled. Watch it for Goldberg and Magnussen circling each other and for Galifianakis, and over a fortnight rather than a weekend, because these people in a row are a lot. It carries a 15, and is decent weeknight company for anyone who does not need to like anyone on screen.

*Fi1m score 60, published 10 October 2026.*

## What the critics say

With only three reviews in so far, the critics are split, with two broadly positive notices and one firmly negative. Where they agree is on the cast: Billy Magnussen and Sarah Goldberg are praised for their scenes together, and Zach Galifianakis for his performance. Most find the Silicon Valley satire sharpest when seen through the therapists and other outsiders on its edges. The reservations cluster around the characters, who are variously described as held at arm’s length, one-dimensional or unevenly drawn, and around a slow setup. The Hollywood Reporter dissents hardest, arguing the satire sits too close to current events to be fun and too shallow to be compelling.

## Straight answers

**Is The Audacity worth watching?**

*The Audacity* is worth watching for anyone who can sit with eight episodes of people they are not meant to like, and we scored it 60. Billy Magnussen and Sarah Goldberg circling each other across the therapist's chair, and Zach Galifianakis as a man who has stopped pretending to be fine, are the reasons to stay; the coldness and the slow first two episodes are the reasons many will not.

**Where can I watch The Audacity in Czechia?**

*The Audacity* is not on any streaming or rental service in Czechia at the moment. It is available in 4 other countries; change your country at the top of the page to see where. Availability is checked daily.

**How violent or frightening is The Audacity, and is it suitable for children?**

*The Audacity* carries a 15 in the UK and is not violent or frightening; the trouble is adult, not graphic. It is a comedy-drama about therapists, spouses and children living alongside Silicon Valley money, and its nastiness is in what people say to each other, not in anything on screen. Not for children, and of little interest to most teenagers.

**How does The Audacity compare to Silicon Valley?**

*The Audacity* looks at the same valley as [*Silicon Valley*](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley) from the chairs opposite it, following the therapists, spouses and children rather than the engineers, and it is the colder and slower of the two. Mike Judge's comedy is sharper on the industry and funnier throughout, though it tells one plot every season; Glatzer's series is better cast and keeps its people at arm's length. Those who want laughs should take the earlier show.

**What should I watch after The Audacity?**

After *The Audacity*, try [*Silicon Valley*](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley) (2014, Fi1m 82): The same valley, played for laughs, with the engineers rather than their therapists. Then [*Succession*](https://film.one/tv/succession) (2018, Fi1m 88): Rich people damaging each other at dinner, written with far more appetite; and [*The Social Network*](https://film.one/film/the-social-network) (2010, Fi1m 91): Two hours on how a certain kind of man gets made, and what it costs.

### Reviews we read (3)

- **Variety**, Alison Herman (75/100, inferred): Herman finds the series sharp and perceptive, though its sprawling scope, slow setup, and uneven character development hold it back. She especially praises its nuanced look at Silicon Valley through the therapists and other outsiders, along with the lead performances. [Read](https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/the-audacity-review-amc-tech-satire-1236719583/)
- **IndieWire**, Ben Travers (B-): Travers finds the series promising but too cold and trapped in its Silicon Valley bubble. He praises the dark humor and Zach Galifianakis’s performance, while faulting the show for keeping its characters at arm’s length. [Read](https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/the-audacity-review-amc-comedy-series-1235187504/)
- **The Hollywood Reporter**, Angie Han (30/100, inferred): Han finds the satire too close to current events to be fun and too shallow to be compelling. She praises the performances, especially the interplay between Billy Magnussen and Sarah Goldberg, but faults the characters for feeling one-dimensional. [Read](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-audacity-review-billy-magnussen-zach-galifianakis-amc-1236560095/)

## Details

- **Created by:** Jonathan Glatzer
- **Creator:** Jonathan Glatzer
- **Director:** Alexander Buono, Lucy Forbes, Daniel Gray Longino, Daniel Sackheim
- **Writer:** Jonathan Glatzer, Semi Chellas, Arthur Phillips, Charlotte Ahlin, Marie Hanhnhon Nguyen, Irving Ruan
- **Cinematography:** Richard Rutkowski, Paula Huidobro
- **Editor:** Jordan Kim, Ron Rosen, Steve Rasch, Janet Weinberg
- **Music:** Saunder Jurriaans, Danny Bensi
- **Cast:** Billy Magnussen as Duncan Park; Sarah Goldberg as Dr. JoAnne Felder; Zach Galifianakis as Carl Bardolph; Meaghan Rath as Anushka Bhattachera-Phister; Lucy Punch as Lili Park-Hoffsteader; Paul Adelstein as Dr. Gary Felder; Simon Helberg as Martin Phister; Rob Corddry as Tom Ruffage
- **Release (Czechia):** 5 April 2026
- **Genres:** Drama, Comedy
- **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCRc1Y4YFE0

## Where to watch in Czechia

Not streaming, renting or buying in Czechia at the last check.

Also available in: AU, CA, ES, US. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country.

## If you liked this

- *Silicon Valley* (2014), Fi1m 82: The same valley, played for laughs, with the engineers rather than their therapists — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88: Rich people damaging each other at dinner, written with far more appetite — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *The Social Network* (2010), Fi1m 91: Two hours on how a certain kind of man gets made, and what it costs — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md)
- *In Treatment* (2008): Therapy as drama, one room at a time, with nowhere to hide
- *Enlightened* (2011), Fi1m 84: Laura Dern’s wellness convert takes on a corporation; warmer and sadder than this — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/enlightened.md)

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