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- Apr 14, 2022
- Apple TV+
- Apr 14, 2022
Summary The anthology series about how women deal with the world today from Carly Mensch and Liz Flahive is based on the book of short stories by Cecilia Ahern.
Created By: Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch
- Apple TV+
- Apr 14, 2022
- Apple TV+
- Apr 14, 2022
Roar (2022)
Season 1
Season Premiere: Apr 14, 2022
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Summary The anthology series about how women deal with the world today from Carly Mensch and Liz Flahive is based on the book of short stories by Cecilia Ahern.
Created By: Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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38% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
54% Mixed
7 Reviews
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8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
56
38% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
54% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Like “GLOW,” there’s an encouraging aura to every episode that’s pervasive even when single narratives offer more ambiguous conclusions. Tones and takeaways may change, but the show’s consistent howl is motivating. “Roar” recognizes how much time it has to deliver its messages, making the most of its 30 minutes, each and every time.
While the show brings a lot of pertinent issues into focus through its absurdist premise, it’s not always actually saying something at the conclusion.
The results are hit-or-miss, as any anthology tends to be, but the overall effect is charming and incisive (even as the show as a whole suffers from some frustrating blind spots).
While the series is having important conversations about the demands and trauma that women are forced to endure in assorted degrees for the simple crime of being women, the approach it adopts doesn't always work, with the form rather than the content often taking centre stage.
Some short stories simply work better on the page. Ahern’s tales seem meant to twinkle with wryness and wit, but they also function like a collection of fables, dark bedtime stories that purposely use simple metaphors and follow familiar patterns. They’re meant to leave readers intrigued, to spark the imagination. Yet on-screen, told in succession, some of their wit falls flat and their magic mostly evaporates.
Every episode needs to push further, either to embrace the weirdness or to deliver an emotional gut-punch. None of them do.
Roar feels more like a series of free-floating metaphors tied limply to the skeleton of a plot.
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