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Positive:
16
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews
May 15, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Overcompensating does a pretty good job of it, while also throwing in American Pie–level humor about drinking beer out of a giant penis for a frat initiation. Still, that’s where the vagueness about time becomes all the more frustrating: If a character’s experience in the closet is so defined by the culture he’s absorbing, then that experience will transform depending on the moment in which the character exists.
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May 15, 2025
The Daily BeastMay 16, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Age mismatches crush the heart of Overcompensating. The viewer cannot invest in Benny’s college realizations, primarily because he doesn’t look like he’s in college. Nor can they invest in the show’s side characters, simply because their ages are splattered across two decades, destroying any sense of realism. Sure, the jokes land. But the emotional resonance that Skinner clearly wants to strike has gone missing. Maybe some better casting would have helped.
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