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Betty

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Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews

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Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Ratings

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Betty

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HBO | Release Date: May 1, 2020

Summary: Janay (Dede Lovelace), Honeybear (Moonbear), Kirt (Nina Moran), Indigo (Ajani Russell), and Camille (Rachelle Vinberg) are a group of young women skateboarders living in New York City and dealing with the male-dominated world of skateboarding in this series based on Crystal Moselle's 2018 film, Skate Kitchen.

Genre(s): Drama

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Critic Reviews

90

New York Magazine (Vulture)

Jen Chaney

Jun 10, 2021

Season 2 Review: Each of the actors in Betty plays a character loosely based on themselves, but that doesn’t take away from the nuance and sensitivity they bring to their performances. ... But what remains most extraordinary about Betty is the way it places the viewer so viscerally in New York. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Robert Daniels

Apr 30, 2020

Season 1 Review: With lyrical camerawork that evocatively glides just above the pavement, a group of actors whose work pays greater dividends with every successive minute, and its sharp writing, "Betty" is a spontaneous and deeply sincere drama about living and skating freely. Read full review

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The A.V. Club

Shanicka Anderson

Jun 3, 2021

Season 2 Review: Even when filmmaker and series creator Crystal Moselle ups the ante on the drama in season two, it remains understated. Betty manages to deliver the same slice-of-life charm of season one, even while set against the sobering reality of a global pandemic and the feverish June protests. Read full review

80

The Daily Beast Cassie Da Costa

Apr 29, 2020

Season 1 Review: Betty succeeds by expressing the unregulated joy of skateboarding—especially its grounding in the streets and outside of societal prescriptions of success and respectability. In fact, it’s a relief to watch a show about young women that does not demand their superiority or achievement in any conventional sense, but instead shows what might happen if you leave them be. Read full review

80

The Hollywood Reporter

Robyn Bahr

Apr 29, 2020

Season 1 Review: Betty, beautifully and unselfconsciously queer, resides somewhere on the hazy spectrum between matriarchy and endless summer. ... Some viewers may complain Betty goes nowhere, or moves too muddily. I found its languor soothing, an emancipating celebration of femme self-acceptance. Read full review

75

The Playlist Lena Wilson

Oct 5, 2020

Season 1 Review: “Betty” may be imperfect, but it is incredibly refreshing in its girl power politics. Read full review

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The Playlist Lena Wilson

Jun 15, 2021

Season 2 Review: With all of the first season’s social commentary stripped away, “Betty” has now become a banal, painfully self-absorbed slog through petty problems. Read full review

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jadawalker

May 27, 2020

great spin off from skate kitchen! acting isnt anything amazing but the show is funny and entertaining

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Kalinichenk

Jul 24, 2020

If you liked skate kitchen you will love this, perfect for these lockdown days

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Skymasterson

Jun 6, 2020

Betty is a love letter to Girls and New York in a relevant way that shows like Girls and even Sex in the City never managed. Every half hour leaves you wanting more and yet they manage to tackle important issues like the the #metoo movement and #Blacklivesmatter in a sensitive andBetty is a love letter to Girls and New York in a relevant way that shows like Girls and even Sex in the City never managed. Every half hour leaves you wanting more and yet they manage to tackle important issues like the the #metoo movement and #Blacklivesmatter in a sensitive and accessible way. I challenge anyone to watch it and not want to hang out with Kirt, Camille, Janay, Honeybear etc. One of the shows of the year so far, an absolute joy to watch.… Expand

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TVJerry

Jul 1, 2021

Crystal Moselle directed a film called Skate Kitchen that revolved around a group of female skateboarders. This series (now in Season 2) grew out of the characters and situations from that movie. They hang, make videos, do drugs and skate around New York, sometimes dealing with the malesCrystal Moselle directed a film called Skate Kitchen that revolved around a group of female skateboarders. This series (now in Season 2) grew out of the characters and situations from that movie. They hang, make videos, do drugs and skate around New York, sometimes dealing with the males that dominate the sport. It sounds like this might be aimed at a limited audience, but the genuine personalities they create (all non-pros) are fascinating (esp. Nina Moran as Kirt). The things going on in their lives aren’t especially unique, but the way they’re framed and the lively energy makes it fun. NOTE: A Betty used to be a derogatory term for skate girls, but they’ve reclaimed it here.
NOTE 2: Look for a cameo by legend Tony Hawk.… Expand

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5

Kuhlakunde

Jun 28, 2020

Yet another show that could have been so much more but all the not especially good writen in social justice platitudes feel shallow and tacked in

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bertobellamy

Jul 19, 2021

Season 1 was a good surprise, but the new one felt rushed and unnecessary. Skating was not important anymore; instead, they decided to tackle all those social issues. Talking about Black Lives Matter, Me Too, sugar babies, polyamory, and teenage angst in just six episodes, all at once, madeSeason 1 was a good surprise, but the new one felt rushed and unnecessary. Skating was not important anymore; instead, they decided to tackle all those social issues. Talking about Black Lives Matter, Me Too, sugar babies, polyamory, and teenage angst in just six episodes, all at once, made the season look overstuffed and clumsy.… Expand

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