This romcom is a semi-autobiographical fictionalisation of how Dunham met and fell in love with her husband, English musician – and co-creator of the series – Luis Felber. This version of Dunham is Jessica, played by Megan Stalter, whose acerbic social media parody skits (an influencer pretending to be invited to a Charli XCX party; a business owner during Pride Month: “hi gay!”) landed her a role in the much-lauded sitcom Hacks.
Will Sharpe as Felix (Photo: Ana Blumenkron/Netflix)
When she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) at a grotty pub’s open mic night, the pair click almost immediately. He might be a walking red flag – he’s a flailing musician with a precarious living arrangement, a historic drug addiction and a strained relationship with his family – but Jessica isn’t exactly a catch, either.
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The grit of Girls is gone, but Dunham’s talent for finding the truth in messy relationships shines through. There is the requisite fish-out-of-water transatlantic confusion (being given “a bollocking” can sound quite rude if you don’t know what it means), but it’s quickly done away with for something much deeper as the pair learn that sharing their traumas – as opposed to burying them and letting it explode in one another’s faces – brings them closer.
Megan Stalter as Jessica and Lena Dunham as Nora (Photo: Netflix)
But the real marvel here is the performances. Stalter might grate on some, but that’s entirely the point of her character – confident and capable yet neurotically dramatic. After a while, you’ll find yourself warming to her shouty American-ness. Sharpe is a revelation as Felix, mumbling his way through Dunham’s script with heartbreaking pathos and nonchalance that anyone who has been on a date with an edgy straight man will recognise.
It might be about a young woman finding her way in the world, but Too Much is a far cry from Girls. It’s a little glossier, a little happier and not nearly as bold, moving the focus away from friendship to romantic love. But judged on its own merits, this romcom is a special slice of hopefulness that we have only seen glimpses of from Dunham in the past. I cried at the end of both series, but for very different reasons.
‘Too Much’ is streaming on Netflix
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