Too Much is wonderful – Lena Dunham has done it again ...Middle East

I wouldn’t like to be Lena Dunham today. Eight years after her seminal, groundbreaking series Girls came to an end, her second-ever original TV show has finally arrived on Netflix (2018’s Camping doesn’t count – it was an American recreation of the British series created by Julia Davis). The pressure to recreate her own magic must be immense. But she needn’t worry. With Too Much she’s done it again.

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.

When we meet her in New York, Jessica is heartbroken and furious when she finds out her ex-boyfriend has started dating stunning influencer Wendy (Emily Ratajkowski). So when her boss (Girls alumnus Andrew Rannells) – who also happens to be the ex-husband of her sister (played by Dunham herself) – offers her a job in London, she jumps at the chance. But Jessica doesn’t find the period drama, Jane Austen world she imagined; it turns out she has sorely misunderstood what an “estate” is.

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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She’s very self-absorbed, obnoxiously loud and works her way through her breakup by filming furious videos addressed to Wendy on a private social media account. Despite their flaws – or maybe because of them – Too Much is one of the most honest, realistic depictions of a modern romance I’ve ever seen.

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.

If that sounds a bit, well, too much, don’t worry, the romcom never loses its sense of fun. From Rita Ora dressed as a fat Santa to Jessica having to shimmy her way down a drainpipe after getting locked in the toilet at a posh wedding, gleeful silliness can be found in each one of the 10 episodes.

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.

They’re supported by an impressive rota of actors: Richard E Grant, Rhea Perlman, Rita Wilson, Stephen Fry, Andrew Scott and Naomi Watts are just a handful of the recognisable faces who pitch up. Surely a sign of the pull power Dunham has in the industry.

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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