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- Freeform
- Jan 3, 2018
- Freeform
- Jan 3, 2018
Summary The spin-off of ABC's Black-ish follows eldest daughter Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi) as she begins her freshman year at Southern California University.
Created By: Kenya Barris, Larry Wilmore
- Freeform
- Jan 3, 2018
- Freeform
- Jan 3, 2018
Summary The spin-off of ABC's Black-ish follows eldest daughter Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi) as she begins her freshman year at Southern California University.
Created By: Kenya Barris, Larry Wilmore
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73% Positive
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7% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
71
73% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
20% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The good--Shahidi, her chemistry with Latina Republican roommate Ana (Francia Raisa, of the Selena Gomez-kidney donation), the snappy dialogue--far outweighs the bad, most of which just feels like an awkward adjustment period, baby fat to be easily outgrown.
More than a worthy inheritor to its network progenitor, Grown-ish takes full advantage of Shahidi’s presence and energy to realistically explore what the undergrad experience is like in the modern age, without ginning up a cautionary tone or diluting the honesty of its plot points.
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53% Positive
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14 Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 38 User Ratings
5.5
53% Positive
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
11% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
37% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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SEASON 1
This is a really funny show that seems to be making some effort at portraying the complexities of college life, as protagonist Zoey stumbles around, clumsily facing moral and personal dilemmas. The stories deal with drugs and sex in a way that's not preachy although also rather cautious. Her friends are a likable bunch, particularly the very funny twins (who also sing the theme song), whose toughness occasionally pops out through their adorable cuteness.
This is not, perhaps, a normal person's college life. Zoey is prettier than most, and the series doesn't pretend she's not, and Zoey exists in that world of pretty, popular people that some of us didn't see a lot of. But the likable characters are getting fleshed out and the series does a good job of hovering between a John Hughes movie and an after-school special that doesn't moralize.
The series has a different feel from Black-ish, but it's about the equivalent in terms of funniness. I'd definitely recommend this one.
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SEASON 1
Grown-ish is a clever show that knows how clever it is.
The new characters can still use fleshing out. Meanwhile, Ms. Shahidi’s laid-back, dry performance, a great fit with the more antic “black-ish” ensemble, takes getting used to as the focus of a series. What grown-ish does have from the get-go is a sense of itself and a lot to say.
The show clearly possesses promise. Yet despite passing that first test, Grown-ish is going to need to do some more growing to avoid getting lost in the crowd.
I think I can spot the fine show that Grown-ish may be evolving into, or at least latch onto the potential. But as its title is meant to imply about its college-age characters, it's a show that's not quite grown, still trying to make it on its own.
Grown-ish is a cell-by-cell clone of The Breakfast Club and its celebration of sophomoric melodrama, where cynical wisecracks inevitably give way to mock profundities, shouting matches to hyperemotive tears, and clichés to stereotypes. (Or maybe that one is the other way around.) The wholesale piracy is so blatant that Grown-ish even tries to make a joke or two about it. But the admission that you're stealing somebody else's work doesn't make it any less larcenous.
This season of Grown-ish is a socially-aware sitcom that brings the vocality and topical issues of Black-ish to a younger generation. While its first season focuses a lot on the pressures of college life outside of the classroom, one hopes that it continues to look at the full college experience and the anxieties that come with it to show the full extent of the stress that higher education puts on their students. From the college themes to the realistic situations this show does have a lot of relatability for millennials.
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SEASON 1
I’m a big fan of Black-ish and this seems like it has the same style of jokes. It may be a little more preachy to the SJW crowd than its predecessor–time will tell–but I laughed a lot the first two episodes and the new cast seems entertaining. Not the most pointless spin-off ever conceived...
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SEASON 1
As good as blackish is that’s how bad grownish is. It’s sort of a Different World-lite. The show tries to take on today’s issues, but I think the writers go around them. This week’s episode about nice guy drug dealer. He was nice looking kid, but he was a drug dealer. Maybe the subject will be dealt with more seriously in the future, but from what I saw... I doubt it.
The acting is bad, especially from the supporting actors. The writing is weak and the show has a funky tone to it. It’s not funny. Kadeem Harrison, where are you bro?
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SEASON 1
badly written boring racist trash. When did TV turn from entertainment to covert brainwashing of young people (answer: I dunno but it happened a while ago now and there is no turning back!)
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SEASON 1
Complete and utter garbage, so painful to watch and keeps getting worst, think blackish but 100 times worst, terrible storyline and the cast members need some major help.
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