SHOWTIME | Release Date: December 3, 2000
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Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
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St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonFeb 7, 2014
Season 1 Review: Queer as Folk tries hard to expand the portrayal of gays on television beyond stereotypes. Unfortunately, the shock factor is so high that few viewers whose minds might be opened seem likely to stick around for the learning experience. [3 Dec 2000, p.C2]
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Orlando SentinelHal BoedekerFeb 7, 2014
Season 1 Review: There are limits in good drama, and there's not enough restraint in Queer as Folk...The series' bigger problem, though, is the three main characters fall short of dynamic. The British original of Queer as Folk featured three riveting actors...The American version, which is set in Pittsburgh, offers three handsome actors of lesser skill and versatility. [3 Dec 2000, p.F5]
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Kansas City StarTim EngleFeb 7, 2014
Season 1 Review: Queer as Folk obviously has a healthy libido. It'd sure be nice to discover it has a heart, too. [2 Dec 2000, p.E5]
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Chicago TribuneAllan JohnsonFeb 7, 2014
Season 1 Review: Showtime's "Folk" relies too much on sitcom-like one-liners and double-entendres -- and the sex -- to carry it, instead of its interesting characters and universal themes of relationship woes, acceptance, and the fear of loneliness. [3 Dec 2000, p.5C]
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Denver PostJoanne OstrowFeb 7, 2014
Season 1 Review: It will leave viewers alternately amazed at being allowed into the private universe of uncommitted male sex and disappointed from a dramatic standpoint. Handsome flesh and cinematography, but is that all there is? [3 Dec 2000, p.I-01]
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San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesChuck BarneyFeb 7, 2014
Season 1 Review: In desperately straining to be so uncommonly edgy, so explicit and so provocative in its sexual candor, the show all but tramples its dramatic structure in the process. [3 Dec 2000, p.C05]