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Will Ferrell's Netflix “The Hawk” Scores 32% Rotten Tomatoes

7/18/2026

Summary

Will Ferrell Flops

Will Ferrell stars as Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins in Netflix’s ten-episode comedy series The Hawk.
The series opened with a 32 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, one of Ferrell’s lowest ratings.
Critics said the show rehashes Ferrell’s past sports-comedy formulas, offers little new humor, and leaves the lead character unchanged across ten episodes.

Summary

Will Ferrell Mayhem

Will Ferrell, former “SNL” writer Harper Steele, and Chris Henchy co-created the series, which mixes “pee and poo and erection” jokes with improvised passages.
Fortune Feimster’s Sam becomes Lonnie’s caddy after fixing his car in a Walmart lot, knowing nothing about golf.
Board member Anton, played by Chris Parnell, calls Lonnie and his fans “low-class, T-shirt wearing, beer-drinking idiots,” and the series shows Lonnie giving money to a poor family.

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Will Ferrell Flops

Will Ferrell stars as Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins in Netflix’s ten-episode comedy series The Hawk.
The series opened with a 32 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, one of Ferrell’s lowest ratings.
Critics said the show rehashes Ferrell’s past sports-comedy formulas, offers little new humor, and leaves the lead character unchanged across ten episodes.

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