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Critic Reviews
Feb 25, 2021
Feb 25, 2021
IndieWireFeb 25, 2021
Season 1 Review:
In the end, “Punky Brewster” definitely has an uphill battle to stand out from the endless reboots. Compared to Peacock’s other revival, “Saved By the Bell,” this retread does feel toothless and safe. But if you’re looking for family entertainment with a dependable cast, this will work.
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Feb 24, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Peacock's new Punky Brewster is a pretty safe and average example of a neutral nostalgia reboot. It's not oblivious to the differences between 1984 and 2021 and it's conscious of the new challenges of wearing the sitcom-with-heart moniker today. But in its broad approach to both the "sitcom" and "heart," it's basically just Punky Brewster, with all the inconsistencies that entails.
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Feb 22, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The original series showed some restraint, keeping Punky’s mom, who abandoned her, off-screen for the show’s four-season run. Having exhausted all there is to say about 40-something Punky in its premiere, the revival grasps for something new and in so doing suggests restraint may be off the table.
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Feb 23, 2021
Season 1 Review:
If viewers are looking for a blithe skip down Memory Lane, “Punky Brewster” trips on the untied laces of its pink and orange Converse. ... It’s difficult to tell whether the dialogue by executive producers Steve and Jim Armogida (“School of Rock,” “Grounded for Life”) is as insipid as it seems or if that laugh track is just throwing things off balance and stifling the rhythm. Much of “Punky Brewster” would be funnier, and perhaps even endearing, if it weren’t trying quite so hard to be both.
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Feb 24, 2021
Season 1 Review:
It saddens me to report that the Peacock sequel represents just about everything that can possibly go wrong with this sort of project. ... It isn’t just the nostalgia that grates early and often. The writing on the show is almost uniformly atrocious, with dialogue toggling between parental bromides (“I don’t know what I’m doing—it’s called parenting!”) and sub-Disney Channel silliness.
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