Becoming Us

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Season 1
User Score
4.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 3 out of 6

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  1. Humans
    Jul 11, 2015
    10
    Great Show, Great family, great content... Honest, human, normal, joyful, painful, real! True! That is unless you are just a transphobic radical Christian in which case you can just change the channel. :)
  2. aliciamarie999
    Jul 8, 2015
    0
    A poor excuse for tv, a station that labels itself a family channel should not be airing shows that are not appropriate for all families. I don't need to explain transgender to my 4 year old because they show the commercial 20 times during her g rated movie.
  3. KaKaiser7
    Jul 13, 2015
    5
    Though the plot is a good idea, the situations seem very set up. It just doesn't seem as real as it could. I really wanted to love this show and loved the idea of helping people understand transgender issues it just seemed a little fake.

Awards & Rankings

99
#99 Best TV Season of 2015

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jun 9, 2015
    50
    Credit Becoming Us for not skimping and showing the impact of changing genders on the children of trans parents in seemingly stark realness, but it's uncomfortable to watch a child endure such life changes publicly.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Amy Amatangelo
    Jun 8, 2015
    80
    Becoming Us, which is successful both as education and entertainment, vividly demonstrates that although some of Ben’s issues are unique, many are typical.
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  3. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jun 8, 2015
    70
    It can often be trite and repetitive. But triteness and repetition characterizes a lot of everyday life, and the debut does an excellent job of giving us a portrait of Ben as a Midwestern teenager whose natural adolescent self-consiousness has been increased to near-paralysis as he comes to terms with his father’s new life.
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