It’s that endangered half-hour format that we need so much; no laugh track telling us when to laugh, just something to sit down, relax, watch and enjoy.

Full Review | Jul 25, 2025

Stick takes some big swings, and enough of them connect to make something decent. The show just misses too many tap-ins to be truly great.

Full Review | Jul 18, 2025

...there are multiple ways to react to big events in your life, and Stick approaches them with a heart and humor that will no doubt resonate with an audience differently. And that difference is good.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 15, 2025

As a huge fan of Owen Wilson, I was surprised that he would take on a 'Golf themed series'---although it’s comical, delightful and teaches all about competitive golf and the pressure of the players.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 10, 2025

It's a good, fine, fun series to watch. Owen Wilson has never been better.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 7, 2025

The series is filled with a layer of comedy to mask the tragedies (small and large) of the characters, driving a story that doesn't need to be solemn to be moving. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 7, 2025

From its first moments to its last, Stick delivers overly-familiar genre tropes, including the obligatory obstacles, setbacks, and reversals, before turning negatives into positives and everything into a predictably cheery comfort watch.

Full Review | Jul 3, 2025

With solid cameos from some famous golfers, intense sports sequences that raise the intensity, and a heartfelt core story about redemption and love, Stick is the perfect successor to Ted Lasso and is sure to be a big hit with fans. I loved this series.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Jun 26, 2025

Yes, it’s essentially Tin Cup-meets-Ted Lasso, but it boasts the crowd-pleasing charm and chutzpah of both the ’90s Kevin Costner golf romance and the feel-good football dramedy.

Full Review | Jun 24, 2025

It's resolutely mediocre, playing out the tired beats of an inspirational sports movie over the course of 10 sluggish episodes.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 12, 2025

For Lasso fans looking for something good to watch while awaiting the next season, Stick is a sweet sports dramedy that holds few surprises but has enough warmth and charm to make that not matter.

Full Review | Jun 11, 2025

Stick's shortcomings don't stop it from being an enjoyable show,

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 11, 2025

This golfing comedy is just about on par — but it could have taken a bigger swing and move beyond the usual sporting stereotypes. Still, Owen Wilson shines.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 10, 2025

Like Ted Lasso, this is a story that is unafraid to take its flawed characters on an emotionally charged comedic flight over fairway and rough, through the woods and into bunkers, before leaving them all a putt at happiness.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 10, 2025

Stick is a modern-day coming-of-age sports comedy series that we all yearn for.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 10, 2025

Owen Wilson makes it work.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 9, 2025

Each step forward comes with two steps back.

Full Review | Jun 9, 2025

There’s a reason formulas work, and if there’s any sports-movie formula built to sustain the long haul of a television series, it’s golf. Add a terrific cast to that, and you’ve got something in Stick worth watching.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2025

Fortunately, Wilson remains as watchable as anyone of a similar pedigree, from McConaughey to Harrelson, and it’s thanks to this that a show supported by a foundation of all that came before becomes a genuinely easy watch.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jun 6, 2025

A game changer it isn’t, but Stick still comes out a few strokes ahead of par.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2025