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The narrative at the heart of “Love, Victor” is overall charming, nuanced and real.
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The message of the show never takes over the entertainment value. It’s just a consistent hum throughout. Be yourself. Love who you are. Stand up for what you believe in. Although groundbreaking in and of itself in many way, Victor’s story is most special because of how normally the show treats it and its charismatic and adorable title character. There’s just so much here to love.
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This show is equally as fun as its bright young cast, and it depicts enough of a twist on the classic coming out story that you’ll want to watch more.
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It’s sweet, funny, goofy, full of emotion, a little rocky in parts, sometimes a little overloaded on heavy backstory, and not particularly interested in subtlety. But for a first season especially, it’s impressive how effectively it turns Love, Simon’s epistolary structure against itself.
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It is charming and endearing in all the ways Love, Simon was, playing just the right kind of melody on your heart strings to keep you invested in a 10-episode run.
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“Love, Victor” is a sequel that almost plays as a reboot, despite the cultural and economic differences between Simon and Victor.
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Though it doesn’t take as many bold chances as I’d hoped it would, Love, Victor does still possess an undeniable charm.
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Character development is strong across the board, with each of the teens feeling real and specific beyond their teen comedy tropes. ... Love, Victor makes good on its promise to expand beyond the narrow confines of Simon’s story, but it doesn’t get very far.
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The nuances of questioning one's identity, experiencing a romantic and sexual spectrum, are flattened by catering to the same audience that drew Love, Simon to theaters in droves — queer folks, of course, but also straight audiences who aren't necessarily looking to engage in the myriad of identities and communities lumped together under one neatly packaged rainbow flag.
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“Love, Victor” is a pretty tame affair – perhaps too tame for Hulu. The show builds to a season finale cliffhanger that sets the stage for a potentially more interesting, less paint-by-numbers second season.
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It never gives up on its original mission statement that happy endings aren't as easily attained and painless for most of us as they might appear to be in various legends. Neither does it deflate the notion that everybody deserves them, a token of optimism worth holding close to the heart and maybe even binging upon, depending on your mood. Nice is fine, and we could use more of it. In that regard, "Love, Victor" meets those expectations.
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The show succeeds just fine on its own—it’s charming and clever and gives a few reasons to swoon (I suspect Anthony Turpel as Victor’s bestie will win plenty of hearts of his own). It could have represented something bigger, though, rather than standing as yet another example of Disney copping out.
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As a high school comedy, it is very much on the light side. ... Apart from the main theme, which itself has come up on television before, none of the plotlines feel especially original; but that also never feels particularly like a problem, as the characters are likable, the series is good-hearted and, although the dialogue sounds forced at times, the more serious exchanges feel emotionally true.
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Spun out of the novel turned 2018 film "Love, Simon," "Love, Victor" offers a breezy yet touching extension of that story, with a new teen -- having transferred to the same high school -- experiencing his own coming-out story. Diverted to Hulu from Disney+, it's a well-crafted teen soap, with a few clever wrinkles and a winning cast.
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While the 10 half-hour episodes rarely drag, they also never really dig into all of the issues brought forward.
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The episodic sitcom rhythms allow for an easier access point to the narrative about identity and prejudice—both internal and external. But it seems frustratingly hesitant to assert itself as a mainstream teen dramedy with an openly gay protagonist, returning to the starting line of Love, Simon rather than building forward from it.
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Easily digestible and solidly entertaining yet lacking. The expanded runtime and, I hate to say but, expanded “Love, universe” allowed the makers to do much more with the coming out narrative yet what they’ve come up with is somehow far less.
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There are much better TV seasons involving gay teens figuring out when, how, and why to speak their truth to the people they love — the first years of My So-Called Life, One Day at a Time, and Everything Sucks, to name just three, are all available to binge this weekend — but this one’s heart is largely in the right place, and sometimes, sincerity’s enough.
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Even when you empathize with Victor's growing pains, you may wish it didn't feel so much like a life lesson. [22 Jun - 5 Jul 2020, p.76]
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All told, “Love, Victor” ambles along, deliberately bland and pleasantly toothless.
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Yes, Love, Victor is aimed at a younger audience. But the surface-level struggles that Victor undergoes — which, like Simon's, seem more about fitting in and giving up the relative privilege of passing as straight — mean the series misses out on a more resonant story about the specificities of the character's fears of coming out, as they pertain to his faith, his relationship to his parents or his self-image (particularly as a popular, clean-cut athlete). Newcomer Cimino isn't able to provide the depth lacking in the scripts.
Awards & Rankings
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Positive: 97 out of 919
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Mixed: 11 out of 919
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Negative: 811 out of 919
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Jun 17, 2020Absolutely amazing ! The cast, the history, everything it’s perfect ! Must see !!
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Jun 21, 2020Love, Victor shows how being gay is not always that simple. It's a great tv show. Can't wait for season 2.
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Jun 21, 2020Michael Cimino charms in Love, Victor, a sincere, sweet and fun spin-off with a lot of heart.