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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.