On My Block

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 16, 2018
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 50 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 50
  3. Negative: 12 out of 50
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  1. WildnOutAdvntr
    Apr 30, 2018
    0
    I really wanted to like this series but I just couldn't get into it. It's not realistic or relatable and I grew up in Los Angeles. It moves very slow and you lose interest, I couldn't finish the series.
  2. Blinky2160
    Mar 28, 2018
    1
    Excellent idea, poorly executed. I’m not surprised though, cause it was created by the whitest lady sterotyoicaly looking that has probably never set a foot in the “hood”. She probably doesn’t even call it that, but instead a low income area lol. I thought they were gonna show the nitty gritty aspects of the hood and not some idea of what a hood is through a white lady’s generalization.Excellent idea, poorly executed. I’m not surprised though, cause it was created by the whitest lady sterotyoicaly looking that has probably never set a foot in the “hood”. She probably doesn’t even call it that, but instead a low income area lol. I thought they were gonna show the nitty gritty aspects of the hood and not some idea of what a hood is through a white lady’s generalization. For example, the Halloween episode shows them going to the suburbs trick or treating. Yeah that’s what you do becaus all the rich white people live. Not because Jamal is looking for some lost hidden loot da fuk is that **** Oh btw Jamal is played by Brett Gray. More like Brett Gay. Nothing wrong with that. It’s just if you suppose to have a heterosexual black role from the hood maybe not pick such a flamboyant person. Unless he’s gonna come out in the series then I get it. Cause then food acting. If not, come on Brett at least drop the gay tone and act the role and show off your acting chops. Terrible casting director and an even more horrible creator. Like I said. Excellent idea, piss poor execution. It’s no wonder it’s a 100% pk rotten tomatoes. It’s all by a bunch of rich white peple thinking they finally have this lens to be able to see into the “hood” cause they won’t take the time to know people or the area cause they’re scared. Get the fuk outta here with this bs.… Expand

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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Apr 5, 2018
    60
    On My Block has the off-center charm and quirky comic rhythms Ms. Iungerich is known for, but it has a problem that’s tied to its setting. ... The shifts from football game high jinks or a character’s apple-bong-toking abuelita to the question of whether to shoot another teenager in the head are disconcerting, to say the least.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Mar 19, 2018
    80
    Earnest, sometimes ungainly, but always funny and appealing.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Liz Shannon Miller
    Mar 19, 2018
    83
    At first the show does feel exactly like what might happen if the creator of a MTV dark comedy and the writers of a Tupac biopic teamed up together to make a show. It’s a combination that at first doesn’t really seem to click, but by the end of the season, On My Block does feel like a world unto itself, a universe with its own rules and logic.
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