How I Met Your Father Season 1 Review: Hilary Duff's Show Plays On Nostalgia But Lacks Original's Charm
When a show has to add a tagline saying, 'Its actually a funny story...' its obvious that it isn't funny enough. How I Met Your Father is filled with nostalgia but it lacks the charm of the orignal
Star
Cast:
Hilary
Duff,
Christopher
Lowell,
Francia
Raisa,
Suraj
Sharma
Director:
Pamela
Fryman,
Kelly
Park
Available
On:
Disney+
Hotstar
Duration:
30
Minutes
/episode
Language:
English
Disclaimer:
The
review
is
based
on
the
first
two
episodes
of
the
show.
Plot:
How
I
Met
Your
Father
follows
Sophie
and
her
close-knit
group
of
friends,
who
are
in
the
midst
of
figuring
out
who
they
are,
what
they
want
out
of
life,
and
how
to
fall
in
love
in
the
age
of
dating
apps
and
limitless
options.
Review:
How
I
Met
Your
Father
is
the
spin-off
series
of
the
hit
CBS
show
How
I
Met
Your
Mother.
Starring
Hilary
Duff,
Christopher
Lowell,
Francia
Raisa,
Suraj
Sharma,
the
show
attempts
to
build
a
story
around
diverse
characters
that
seem
likes
copies
of
the
original.
The
biggest
difference
is
the
timeframe
and
it's
made
evident
with
the
ever-present
dating
apps.
The
first
episode
begins
with
Sohpie
played
by
Hilary
Duff
going
on
a
Tinder
date.
She
goes
on
to
reveal
she
has
been
on
89
dates
this
year
looking
for
love.
But
she
found
her
perfect
man
-
Ian
(Daniel
Augustin),
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
when
she
was
ready
to
quit
Tinder.
She
is
on
her
way
to
her
date
with
him,
when
she
meets
Jesse
(Chris
Lowell)
and
Sid
(Suraj
Sharma).
Jesse
is
a
sweet
and
funny
guy
meanwhile
his
best
friend
Sid
is
about
to
propose
to
his
girlfriend.
The
date
with
Ian
turns
out
to
be
the
best
date
of
her
life,
but
it
ends
with
Ian
telling
her
that
he
is
moving
to
Australia.
Even
after
deciding
that
they
should
part
ways,
Sophie
realises
she
is
giving
up
on
love
too
soon
and
decides
to
follow
him
to
the
airport.
But
she
has
no
way
of
reaching
him
since
her
phone
got
exchanged
with
one
of
the
guys
in
the
cab.
Sophie
then
heads
to
Sid's
bar
and
waits
for
him
to
show
up
with
his
fiance.
Giving
the
group
another
chance
to
spend
time
together.
There
we
also
meet
Jesse's
adopted
sister
Ellen
(Tien
Tran)
who
is
getting
divorced
and
has
moved
to
NYC
to
meet
more
women.
Meanwhile,
Sophie
is
accompanied
by
her
best
friend
Valentine
(Francia
Raisa)
and
her
handsome
British
boyfriend
Charlie
(Tom
Ainsley).
After
being
rejected
by
Ian,
Sophie
realises
she
might
never
find
love
and
decides
to
walk
on
the
Brooklyn
Bridge
along
with
her
friends,
something
she
always
planned
on
doing
with
her
soulmate.
The
show
tries
too
hard
to
set
the
big
pictures
instead
of
introducing
the
main
characters,
unlike
the
original
show
where
the
individual
episodes
felt
more
important
to
follow
than
the
full
story.
One
thing
the
makers
have
changed
for
the
spin-off
is
including
the
older
version
of
Sophie
played
by
Kim
Cattrall,
who
is
telling
the
story
to
her
son
in
2050.
She
makes
several
appearances
in
the
first
two
episodes,
where
Bob
Saget
who
had
narrated
the
nine
seasons
of
the
original
made
an
appearance
only
at
the
end
of
the
show.
It
was
obvious
that
the
makers
will
base
the
spin-off
on
the
nostalgia
factor,
but
hopefully,
the
screenplay
will
evolve
out
of
its
early-2000s
comedic
delivery
aspect.
The
dialogues
are
too
basic
to
get
any
laughs
out
of
the
audience,
which
is
supposed
to
be
the
selling
father.
The
actors
have
given
their
best,
but
it
may
take
the
audience
a
long
time
before
anyone
falls
in
love
with
these
new
characters.
When
a
show
has
to
add
a
tagline
saying,
'Its
actually
a
funny
story...' it's
obvious
that
it
isn't
funny
enough.
Overall,
How
I
Met
Your
Father
is
filled
with
nostalgia
but
it
lacks
the
simple
effortless
charm
of
the
original
show.