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- Netflix
- Apr 26, 2017
- Netflix
- Apr 26, 2017
Summary Set in 1985 Los Angeles, struggling actress Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie) end up on the women wrestling TV show in this comedy created by Liz Flahive that was inspired by the 1980s professional wrestling league that ran on syndicated television for four years.
Created By: Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch
- Netflix
- Apr 26, 2017
- Netflix
- Apr 26, 2017
Summary Set in 1985 Los Angeles, struggling actress Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie) end up on the women wrestling TV show in this comedy created by Liz Flahive that was inspired by the 1980s professional wrestling league that ran on syndicated television for four years.
Created By: Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
81
95% Positive
35 Reviews
35 Reviews
5% Mixed
2 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
81
95% Positive
35 Reviews
35 Reviews
5% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Unique, humorous and with touches of warmth, this series might just be the sitcom of the summer.
It’s smartly plotted, with characters that deepen in the course of the show. But, refreshingly, in our era of homework TV, it’s also a joyride, all roller skates and mousse-claw bangs, synthesizer jams and leopard-print leotards, home pregnancy tests and cocaine-serving robots. By the final episodes, I was whooping at my computer screen, fists in the air, like a superfan.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 237 User Ratings
7.9
85% Positive
201 Ratings
201 Ratings
8% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
8% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 237 User Ratings
7.9
85% Positive
201 Ratings
201 Ratings
8% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
8% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
It might start off a bit slow, but once it gets started it's an amazing ride and Alison Brie, Anna (from community), or as you will come to know her, as Zoya the Destroyer! carries this show and creates something amazing.... That you don't want to miss!
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SEASON 1
Fantsatic dramedy that makes an effort to truly show respect for the wrestling material from which it is referencing. AAA stellar cast elevate an already engaging screenplay. Glow immerses you in its 1980's setting with its pumping and energetic soundtrack, authentic hairstyles costumes and vehicles... The story is excellent and each drama plays out well with very three dimensional characters that exhibit a natural charisma only possible with an above average show run by a cast and crew that are happy and motivated. Blown away!
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SEASON 1
An entertaining, amusing and at times poignant first season that also has some wretched excesses and predictable turns. But there are more than a few little unexpected delights, ranging from Ruth’s impression of Audrey Hepburn winning an Oscar for Roman Holiday to Sam’s learning that a just released real-life movie has upstaged his plans to direct a surefire crowning masterpiece titled Mothers and Lovers.
GLOW is packed with an excellent ensemble cast that includes Alison Brie and Marc Maron, sharp commentary on gender and racial stereotypes, and an awesomely ’80s soundtrack. It’s also just plain fun, aware of (and sometimes shamelessly indulgent in) the inherent silliness of wrestling, while never looking down on it.
GLOW pulses with all sorts of potential talking points about gender, friendships between women and public perception of stereotypes, but rather than bogging itself down in prolonged messaging, it is consistently committed to a brisk pace and a lightness that reflects its subject matter.
GLOW, both the show and the show within the show, lives and dies by its ferocious women.
GLOW works (or doesn’t work) in a 1:1 ratio with how things are working out in its story. When the characters are disorganized and the cable show is a mess, so is GLOW. Once the characters find their personas as wrestlers, they start to have them for viewers. And once the performances begin, GLOW starts to get very good.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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SEASON 1
The show definitely has its moments, but overall, the writing isn't especially clever or unique. It relies on the old affair plot to start and doesn't really have major character beyond it. The side characters aren't given enough screen time and frankly, most don't deserve it and overall it can be slow at times. The being said, the show does have moments where it's genuinely funny and the leads are fairly compelling.
Worth a watch if you're into wrestling.
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SEASON 1
I want to like this show more but it is so corny and most of the people who aren't Marc Maron and Alison Brie are terrible actors. There is some serious eye rolling scenes that Saved By the Bell wouldn't have done. The pilot was great but then the first half of the season is so boring. The second half is much better but it keeps doing really dumb stuff. Still I enjoyed watching it enough to watch all of it and want to see a second season. Even at the unbelievably saccharine ending I had a smile on my face so I don't regret watching this light escapism.
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SEASON 1
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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