Generation
HBO Max | Release Date: March 11, 2021
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Rolling StoneAlan SepinwallMar 11, 2021
Season 1 Review: Generation is comfortable just following the kids around and letting them exist. It’s a bit more uneven when things get plottier or when the focus shifts to the grown-ups. Read full review
58
IndieWireJude DryMar 11, 2021
Season 1 Review: Toggling between horny and clueless, the characters on “Genera+ion” feel less like 20-somethings than the pervs of “Euphoria” and less wholesome than the ones on “Sex Education.” Unfortunately, it’s everything that happens in between that’s a bit of a confused mess. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Kathryn VanArendonkMar 11, 2021
Season 1 Review: Genera+ion is enamored with the superficial things that make these characters feel contemporary, without showing much interest in what makes them distinctive just as people. ... The teens are mostly appealing, if thinly drawn; their parents are much emptier. Read full review
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