Gravity
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings
- Summary: A support group for suicide surviviors is the central idea behind the new dark comedy for Starz.
- Genre(s): Drama
- Show Type: Between Seasons
- Season 1 premiere date: Apr 23, 2010
- Episode Length: 30
- Air Time: 10:30 PM
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Positive: 7 out of 11
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Negative: 3 out of 11
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Gravity feels like just another bit of quirky telly, an attempt to be distinguishable and different in a way that just upholds the status quo. Yet it's also actually very good. Gravity knows exactly how to make you laugh and when you should cry.
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80It's a brilliant sitcom premise in this sense: The characters will all have backstories. The only tiny caution is that many of those stories won't necessarily be funny.
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40There's a certain "Twin Peaks" influence to the nuttiness of the show's plotlines and an attempted morbid irreverence reminiscent of HBO's fondly remembered "Six Feet Under." But at some point, the influences cancel each other out and you're left with half an hour of -- well, nothing
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It might be possible to make a good show in which a suicide support group served as the framework for an offbeat relationship comedy, but for now “Gravity” is like that Mercedes, flying through the air and losing altitude fast.
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