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Critic Reviews
Jan 11, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It does seem like Naomi is going to take its sweet time to explore its main character’s story. And that’s just fine with us, especially if it gives us more time to get to know what seems like an anomaly on TV these days, which is a teenager with her head on straight and a strong desire to find out more about herself.
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PolygonJan 13, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It’s refreshing to see a high-schooler who’s a smart, driven academic success and is also universally liked, and who’s popular but not a queen bee or mean-girl type. Naomi is mighty wholesome, with its pansexual flirtations and warmly supportive, non-competitive central female friendship. But that also makes Naomi feel a bit too perfect to be real.
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Jan 11, 2022
Season 1 Review:
I’m going to go so far as to say that nothing that happens early in Naomi is really all that fun or interesting. What makes the show work is that all of the central performances are gawky and charming and, for the most part, less CW-polished than I would have expected, in a good way. There isn’t a standout performance, other than Walfall’s appealing lead turn, but the bickering and loose bantering is all quite natural.
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Jan 11, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Naomi is a character with lots of potential. In the comics, Campbell drew her wide-eyed and full of wonder. Walfall presents a slightly different visual and a little more depth: Her face always radiates kindness towards her friends and family, but she's also determined to find her answers — yet not gullible enough to fall for the first explanation presented to her. She could make a great superhero, but the show will have to make the journey worthwhile. The exciting thing about an uncertain future is that it's full of possibilities.
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Jan 11, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Essentially, Naomi joins the list of teen-with-a-destiny dramas -- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" comes to mind, a relic of the CW's origins -- in which the audience either buys into the soapy aspects or zaps through the at-school diversions to get to the good parts. For those who lean toward the latter, first impressions suggest the series could be a long slog.
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Jan 10, 2022
Season 1 Review:
“Naomi” still has a lot of road to travel before the effort can be fully measured, but it’s nonetheless admirable how it uses the DC universe to center the story on a Black teen girl, offering a perspective rarely given focus while telling a different kind of superhero story.
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