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Critic Reviews
May 3, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Ann easy sell for the devout fan base of programming in the Fey-Carlock universe. ... All the women understand the role they’re playing and know how to hit a punch line, but it’s Pell’s character that really stands out. She seems to get the best dialogue, as evidenced for this review. But Gloria also represents the inherent sexism that we still see today.
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IndieWireMay 6, 2021
Season 1 Review:
“Girls5Eva” always feels too short because you’re laughing at everything packed into the episodes. If you grew up following the teen music scene during the new millennium you’ll find everything you loved (and a bunch of stuff you missed) in the series. It’s a loving tribute to the music we loved — and the themes we’ve hopefully moved away from.
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May 3, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Girls5eva‘s pleasures, though, far outweigh its stumbles. And best of all, it’s a fun, easy binge, with all eight episodes dropping at once. It’s a relief to have something light and fun to watch, frankly. So much TV these days, even the good stuff, is hard to watch — but this is a joy.
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May 5, 2022
Season 2 Review:
Ater an enthusiastically received freshman season faces the tall order of somehow capturing that magic again. Girls5eva season two manages to hit all the same highs, while expanding its range ever so slightly to make room for earnest self-reflection among all those goofy jokes.
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Mar 14, 2024
Season 3 Review:
The latest season of Girls5Eva took a risk by making a few significant changes to its formula, but it didn’t suffer for it. The fact is that the talented actresses in the group, along with the show’s funny-because-it’s-so-ridiculous writing and songs are as solid as they’ve ever been and keep the show’s frenetic pace moving.
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May 4, 2022The GuardianDec 21, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The eight-episode season is full of beautifully honed jokes, absurdities, acute commentary (as well as some more similar to the decidedly unacute, defensive moments about “woke” criticism and contemporary issues the previous Fey/Carlock collaborations contained), sight gags and song and dance numbers. ... It is, as I say, a joy.
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May 6, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Many of Fey's usual comedic beats play through these eight episodes, but familiarity isn't the worst quality for a show that's meant to be binged. Knowing what you're getting tells you whether the four-or-so-hour commitment is worth it. Really, for a pure feel-good comedy about enduring friendship, the love these women have for each other and the embrace of one's 40s with all its wisdom and physical changes, it's not much to ask.
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May 3, 2021
Season 1 Review:
At this juncture, it’s not saying much to declare Girls5eva Peacock’s best original series — there’s not much competition for the title. But it’s certainly the kind of too-funny-not-to-share show that should proliferate by word of mouth. The 40-somethings of Girls5eva might never reach the spotlight again, but their journeys toward it are already delightful and deliriously witty.
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May 3, 2021
Season 1 Review:
This show is driven more by jokes than by story. And what jokes they are! “Girls5eva” is most fully itself when puncturing the pretensions of its characters and the world around them, and its sensibility grows clearer over the course of the first season. Like its characters, the series is finding its voice, and doing so with style.
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May 4, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The show’s commentary on female friendships is mostly explored in the realms of surreal comedy, and while the core ensemble delivers on that front, there just isn’t enough focus on their emotional dynamic as a group. The show is still enjoyable because of the effective physical comedy.
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May 11, 2022
Season 2 Review:
The deeply satisfying character development of each Girls5eva member — and the greater poignancy of their sisterhood in their later years, as the concept matures from Spice Girls-esque marketing hook to genuine affection and respect for one another — eventually makes up for the uneven pacing and lack of bangers.
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May 5, 2021
Season 1 Review:
It’s all endearingly daffy, even if keeping up with the logic behind each joke can sometimes feel like work. ... But the show nicely scratches a particular comic itch, even before Fey herself pops up for a cameo, doing a celebrity impression that rivals her best SNL work. Fey didn’t create Girls5Eva, but it feels enough like her work to get by.
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ColliderMay 3, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Girls5eva, just like its characters, does its best to give us the monster hooks we’re used to while poking at the boxes constraining said hooks, coming up with a somewhat mixed but somewhat appealing result. Less Taylor Swift’s evermore, more Taylor Swift’s Reputation.
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