#blackAF

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 17, 2020
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 4 out of 18
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Critic Reviews

  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Tambay Obenson
    Apr 15, 2020
    33
    It feels like a kind of confessional — although it rarely rises above surface-level self-aggrandizing — and it meanders due to the absence of a clearly expressed series arc. ... Except for the occasional one-liner that lands, it’s just not funny, and is often tedious to watch.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Apr 16, 2020
    30
    The air here is thick with narcissism and self-absorption, in such quantities and misfired jokes as to make any viewer, black or otherwise, struggle with the show’s tone and intent. Barris is not nearly a strong enough actor to convey the complicated nuances he’s going for here, while it’s up to Jones to remind viewers that they are indeed watching a comedy.
  3. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Robert Daniels
    Apr 15, 2020
    30
    An unfocused series that never hits its stride and whose audience is left undefined. ... The characters are all thin veneers for a sitcom whose cleverness appears irregularly, and whose main joke doesn’t evolve past a father hating his children.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    “#blackAF” is the most outright mean-spirited series about family life in memory, and one that seems driven by an impulse toward revealing the worst possible side of Barris’ comic avatar, one that makes the show feel at times cruel to watch.

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User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 10 out of 24
  1. teawls
    Apr 17, 2020
    3
    Who gives a sh*t about rich people at this time in our history? It's basically trying to be a "blac" (whatever that means) version of modernWho gives a sh*t about rich people at this time in our history? It's basically trying to be a "blac" (whatever that means) version of modern family. Not funny unless you are in the 1%.… Full Review »
  2. ZONEWULF
    Apr 18, 2020
    2
    Yeah this show isn’t it man and even the title isn’t fitting. The story is just weird and is basically bright people trying to prove theirYeah this show isn’t it man and even the title isn’t fitting. The story is just weird and is basically bright people trying to prove their blackness in various ways, but doesn’t have a audience. Plus for a show to be called Black*F, their is no brown nor dark skins smh. Just another Blackish, smh… Full Review »
  3. onurcan
    Apr 23, 2020
    1
    Some video clips of a man being a bad, rude and dumb parent but absolutely not in a funny way, and some other people moving their limbs aroundSome video clips of a man being a bad, rude and dumb parent but absolutely not in a funny way, and some other people moving their limbs around and talking cringe. All the modern elements like vertical videos, Instagram posts and stuff about technology are so unnatural. There is no link between the stuff we see in the chaotic first 90% of an episode and the very allegedly-wholesome last 10%. Even the names of episodes are trying to hide under the racial inequality which felt like the only spot left to hide for such a terrible work, believeing (rightously) hopefully that the racial inequality is a fact that shouldn't be questioned (again, rightously, don't get me wrong).

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