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The good--Shahidi, her chemistry with Latina Republican roommate Ana (Francia Raisa, of the Selena Gomez-kidney donation), the snappy dialogue--far outweighs the bad, most of which just feels like an awkward adjustment period, baby fat to be easily outgrown.
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Like “A Different World,” the “Cosby Show” spin-off, “grown-ish” moves to its own beat. While it, too, tries to be socially conscious, it doesn’t force its message.
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More than a worthy inheritor to its network progenitor, Grown-ish takes full advantage of Shahidi’s presence and energy to realistically explore what the undergrad experience is like in the modern age, without ginning up a cautionary tone or diluting the honesty of its plot points.
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Yara Shahidi takes full advantage of the expansion of her screen time, and the kind of piquant, culturally relevant storytelling that “Black-ish” has honed is on display here too. All in all, Grown-ish is a smart, breezy expansion of the “Black-ish” family.
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Like “Black-ish” before it, Grown-ish has more on its mind than a good time, and through its first three episodes, the half-hour Freeform comedy explores universal fears, joys, and problems with enough style and insight to make you overlook any comparably minor squabbles.
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Grown-ish is a clever show that knows how clever it is.
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The new series is a compelling companion to Black-ish--funny, charming and thought-provoking--only here the social discussions, characters and humor are packaged for a younger audience.
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The new characters can still use fleshing out. Meanwhile, Ms. Shahidi’s laid-back, dry performance, a great fit with the more antic “black-ish” ensemble, takes getting used to as the focus of a series. What grown-ish does have from the get-go is a sense of itself and a lot to say.
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grown-ish is less consistently funny than its parent series, but it’s likable and smart, and has surrounded Shahidi with an appealing cast of new faces, plus one familiar one.
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The show clearly possesses promise. Yet despite passing that first test, Grown-ish is going to need to do some more growing to avoid getting lost in the crowd.
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While the realistic depiction of college is not in question, "grown-ish" borders on depressing in its sobering depiction of modern college life.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 37
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Mixed: 4 out of 37
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Negative: 14 out of 37
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