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All American is not a revelation on the TV landscape, but maybe it’s a step forward in reviving a genre that could use some refreshing. The series isn’t yet as good or groundbreaking as some of its teen drama forebears, but it’s interesting and entertaining enough to deserve the chance to get there.
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The players are all very pretty, the better for the target demographic to dream upon, and there are swimming pools and oceanside workouts to make that crystal clear. But for the moment, despite the ample drama in which they're involved, most represent only a strategic position in the narrative flow chart, placeholders for the better developed characters that might come, eventually. One exception is Bre-Z, who is interesting out of the box as Coop, Spencer's not completely out gay best friend.
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All American really fails to engage above the Barbie Dream House level. The cast is more than decent—Ezra will doubtless be the Next Big Thing among the post-Bieber generation—but the writing is pretty mundane. I found myself longing for the luscious Summer Roberts of The O.C., who once defended wistfully insisted, "I'm not that dumb, I'm just shallow." We'll see if All American viewers will settle for half a loaf.
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It’s all pretty schematic in the premiere, but I’m hoping more subtlety will creep in going forward.
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There’s no spark here, no big moment and most egregiously, no authenticity. There’s a flat phoniness to all the behavior, and a patness to everything.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 23
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Mixed: 2 out of 23
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Negative: 2 out of 23
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May 7, 2020Amazing show. I was completely addicted after the first episode and I highly recommend
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May 25, 2019
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May 20, 2019This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.