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Long Story Short

2025 · 1 season

A wry, tender hopscotch through a family's decades, funny and quietly sad, asking you to hold the pieces together.

Created by
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Genres
Comedy, Animation
Starring
Lisa Edelstein, Paul Reiser, Ben Feldman
Overview
From the creator of "BoJack Horseman" comes this animated comedy about a family over time, following siblings from childhood to adulthood and back again.

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Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Genres
Comedy, Animation
Starring
Lisa Edelstein, Paul Reiser, Ben Feldman
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • memory
  • aging
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, animation
Created by
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Written by
Jordan Young, Elijah Aron, Taryn Englehart, Mehar Sethi
Starring
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Music
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Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 26 min each
Network
Netflix
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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