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Critic Reviews
May 8, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Yes, it’s clearly Blume’s Forever …, with all of its thematic interests and hilarious specificity intact (Justin still calls his dick Ralph!), but the reason it lands with the same impact is how thoroughly Akil translates it into this not-quite-contemporary setting. .... They [Justin and Keisha] make Forever feel timeless.
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May 8, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Stunning. .... Writing so specific, it’s universal; the intimacy of the directing (including a premiere helmed by executive producer Regina King); the intensity Simone and Cooper bring to their roles; the richness of the cinematography; a hip-hop and R&B soundtrack that reflects the music of the characters’ lives—it all combines to make one of TV’s best romances, full stop.
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The Daily BeastMay 8, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Forever isn’t interested in defining the success of a teenage relationship by whether it lasts, well, forever. But in bringing that same shame-free curiosity into the equation, this version still manages to pay homage to Blume’s vision, while telling a winning love story all its own.
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ColliderMay 8, 2025
Season 1 Review:
As a whole, Brock Akil skillfully translates Blume's novel for the present-day by tackling the effects of social media on present-day youth, while maintaining the essence of the source material through an evocative depiction of Justin and Keisha's on-and-off romance.
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May 8, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Things get better and worse and better, happier and sadder and so on, as the couple travels through eight episodes of mostly ordinary drama — jealousy and insecurity, mopiness and mooniness, desolation and elation, miscommunication and reconciliation — on the way to maturity.
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The TelegraphMay 8, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Sprawling sluggishly over eight, hour-long episodes, Netflix’s new teen drama Forever really does feel like it goes on… well… foooor-evaaaah. This is a huge shame because, if only it were zippier, it would be precisely the kind of thoughtfully conceived and tenderly acted coming-of-age tale that our kids (and their parents) need right now: a perfect counterbalance to the worst-case scenario of Adolescence.
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