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Critic Reviews
Jan 11, 2022
Season 2 Review:
Cheer Season 2 is, like the first season, an addictive triumph. It expands the narrative to include a rival cheer team worth (begrudgingly) rooting for and a new cast of characters to love. But the most impressive thing Cheer Season 2 does is honestly examine the fallout of Season 1. The documentarians capture the good, the bad, and the ugly. ... Cheer Season 2 is The Empire Strikes Back of contemporary sports docs.
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IndieWireJan 8, 2020
Season 1 Review:
From head coach Monica Aldama to flyer Lexi to stunt base Jerry, there’s an effort made to understand these people as people, not just a product of what they’re able to do on the confines of the mat. In almost all cases, “Cheer” leads with showing what they’re capable of, then pulling back to show the people from their hometown or in their Navarro world that helped make them who they are.
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Jan 13, 2022
Season 2 Review:
In a smart narrative shift, Whitely centers a good portion of this season on Navarro's rivals, Trinity Valley Community College. ... Sexual abuse is a topic "Cheer" handles with care and respect, devoting significant time to the survivors, not just the perpetrator. ... "Cheer" does a good job of existing in that middle space, a space where we don't know what's coming and we haven't recovered from what happened, not yet, maybe not ever.
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iJan 13, 2022
Season 1 Review:
At first, the shift feels like a betrayal, but as we get to know the fiery squad of TVCC – particularly bolshy and talented tumbler Jada Wooten – and their coach Vontae Johnson, who is the cheese to Monica’s chalk, their inclusion in the show starts to feel fresh, giving a broader overview of how the sport plays out in the Texan community. And it injects back the underdog charm with which Navarro won us over.
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The Daily BeastJan 12, 2022
Season 2 Review:
Overall, Cheer is still a fascinating piece of television that feels refreshingly honest in its storytelling. The confidence with which Whiteley and Yarnell tackle this season’s conflicts, whether or not it’s fun to watch, prove that this series is in great hands. Cheer may not be as instantly comforting as it was in its inaugural season, but few shows depicting real life over the past two years have been.
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The Daily BeastJan 15, 2020
Season 1 Review:
All in all, Whiteley’s docuseries is a gripping inside peek at the world of top-flight athletics, where calamities are always one misstep away, physical agony and emotional devastation are ever-present, and the process of forming a cohesive team is complicated by the thorny hang-ups that everyone brings to the table.
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The GuardianJan 9, 2020
Jan 8, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Cheer is an utterly convincing portrait of what is unquestionably a real, and absurdly dangerous, sport complete with compelling stories that actually make it much more emotional and more exciting than the past couple Last Chance U seasons. ... I've always wanted just a slightly deeper sociological push from Last Chance U and that carries over to Cheer, perhaps the differentiating factor between very good shows and great shows.
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Jan 11, 2022
Season 2 Review:
Covering an expanded amount of time and an expanded number of issues, even with an expanded (nine now) number of episodes, doesn’t come smoothly. There are provocative and entertaining things in the season of Cheer, but it is a messier piece of work and, perhaps somewhat by design, a less satisfying one.
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