Overview

• Too Much premiered on July 11 and swiftly climbed into Netflix’s global top-10, reaching seventh place in viewing charts this week.
• Production tapped authentic London and Buckinghamshire sites—from Hoxton’s St Peter’s Estate and Nunhead’s Ivy House pub to Hambleden village, Dorney Court and Beaconsfield’s Royal Standard of England—to ground its British rom-com homage.
• Reviewers have offered mixed takes, praising the leads’ chemistry and intimate scenes while critiquing uneven pacing and overlong episodes.
• Online communities have speculated that Andrew Scott’s character Felix draws on indie filmmaker Sean Baker and that the heartbroken ex echoes Lena Dunham’s own past relationship, though Dunham maintains the story is fictional.
• Co-created by Lena Dunham and Luis Felber, the ten-episode series reframes Richard Curtis-style tropes through a heartbroken New Yorker’s quest for reinvention in London.