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Critic Reviews
Jun 23, 2023
Season 1 Review:
It is, like Cootie (played by When They See Us Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome), an awful lot to take in at once. At times, it feels almost as patchwork as the outfits his mother LaFrancine (Carmen Ejogo) has to stitch together for him out of much smaller clothing. But like Cootie getting to stand at his full height, it’s also awesome in every sense of the word.
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The GuardianJun 23, 2023
Season 1 Review:
I’m a Virgo is as fresh and invigorating as a cold shower. It wakes you up, makes you alert, makes you engage with it in a way few dramas do by giving you something boldly, undeniably different. And vigorous and clever and fun and performed by a young cast who seem to be already at the top of their games.
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ColliderMar 13, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Though no show is going to change anything on its own, it is joyous to see Riley use his platform to express what is on his mind. The more we get glimpses into his vision, with all its rich creativity and righteous outrage bursting free in unexpected directions, the better that I'm a Virgo promises to be.
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The PlaylistJun 20, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Riley’s method for making his anti-capitalist screeds cinematic is inventive and engaging. Like Rabelais, who also told a story about a giant, Riley’s slightly off-kilter world is just familiar enough while pointing out some of the everyday absurdities we all have come to accept.
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Jun 20, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Riley’s brilliance is to create a fictional setting so over-the-top that it sneaks up on us how close it is to our own. It allows us to realize how outlandish our reality truly is—existence in an impossibly cruel, racist, classist system that is nonetheless marked by flashes of beauty and radical kindness from the very people it exploits.
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Jun 21, 2023
RogerEbert.comJun 23, 2023
Season 1 Review:
With an incredible roster of talent animating this world, “I’m a Virgo” is a laugh riot, a pulsing social document, and an empathetic character study. Riley’s quick wit, surrealist creativity, and nuanced social investigation add this series to his history of absurdist excellence.
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IndieWireMar 13, 2023
Season 1 Review:
“I’m a Virgo” often feels like an elongated movie, intermittently chopped into episodic chunks. (With episodes hovering around the half-hour mark, its runtime should end up just over the three-hour mark.) It’s not subtle, which can be part of its charm, while still feeling redundant at times.
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Jun 27, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Riley keeps us guessing right up until the end, not to mention pulling off a satisfying conclusion from the web of plot and thematic threads he has weaved, is a testament to his skill. That he does so while also making a profound social statement is more impressive still.
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Jun 23, 2023
Season 1 Review:
I’m usually put off by preaching, too, but at least Virgo’s constitutes a departure from the bland liberalism that’s so common in an era when so much TV is essentially a series-length Very Special Episode. For one thing, it’s tempered by genuine, if often bleak, hilarity. .... The show also respects its audience’s intelligence, presenting ideas that might be unfamiliar without either condescending or feigning ideological neutrality.
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Jun 22, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The director dares greatly — the simple fact of integrating a double-sized Jerome into physical space with his co-stars is a feat worth applauding. But as the sight of Cootie becomes more familiar, “I’m a Virgo” can at times be admirable in its weirdness more than it is gripping.
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Jun 22, 2023
Season 1 Review:
With most episodes running around a compact 30 minutes, “I’m a Virgo” entertains with a sly sense of humor (Cootie’s reaction when he finally gets to eat a Bing Bang Burger is a realistic disappointment) and Jerome’s sweet and grounded performance. The show has a lot of Big Ideas it wants to introduce even if “I’m a Virgo” doesn’t always follow through.
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The TelegraphJun 23, 2023
Sep 5, 2023
Season 1 Review:
No one can accuse Riley of failing to swing for the fences. For all its missteps, I’m a Virgo is a striking visual experiment, with a sweet central performance from Jerome. Perhaps a season or two can more satisfactorily explore the many issues on the mind of its creator.
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