Queer as Folk

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 3, 2000
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 40
  3. Negative: 2 out of 40
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  1. DaWhit
    May 20, 2012
    5
    If you don't like this show, it doesn't mean you're a homophobe, it just means you don't have a thing for cheesy, cheap looking direction and wooden acting - And who does?
  2. heromoder
    May 12, 2015
    9
    There is a magic about this show that makes it hard to beat, especially in the LGBT category. Superior writing and acting, Gale Harold is a star, etc, etc. Just watch it.
  3. slappycider
    Jan 12, 2015
    9
    SO GOOD. The best LBGT television show of all time... This season grabs you right from the start and makes you fall in love with all the characters and feel for every single thing that happens to them. It has it's cheesy moments and some of the little story arcs are a bit too quick and kinda stale, but man is it near perfection. The finale is jaw-dropping. I can't wait to start season 2.
  4. Ed_
    Dec 7, 2014
    10
    Best LGBT TV show ever.

    Great actors and their characters are amusing. You won't be bored, there's always something to resolve, just like in real life. There's everything in this show you want to get: emotions, fun, sex, question of self-confidence and social problems. I can only praise the directors and actors. Good job! I would have watched even more seasons. For me, obviously 5    Best LGBT TV show ever.

    Great actors and their characters are amusing. You won't be bored, there's always something to resolve, just like in real life. There's everything in this show you want to get: emotions, fun, sex, question of self-confidence and social problems.

    I can only praise the directors and actors. Good job! I would have watched even more seasons. For me, obviously 5 season weren't enough.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#16 Best TV Season of 2000
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#7 Most Discussed TV Season of 2000
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#8 Most Shared TV Season of 2000

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Andrew Patner
    Feb 13, 2014
    75
    It's not about politics, and it's not (only) about gag lines. It's a mostly honest attempt to explore the human condition through a subculture where sex is upfront and serves as lens and entree into other issues of love, death, friendship and life itself. [30 Nov 2000, p.43]
  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Monica Collins
    Feb 13, 2014
    67
    What I kept looking for in Queer As Folk was a transcendent story line or sex-neutral message to lift this drama higher than the sum of its body parts. I couldn't find that deep thread of meaning...There are shreds of stories but, basically, it all comes back around to men bumping like bunnies - or wanting to bump like bunnies, or talking about bumping like bunnies.[30 Nov 2000, p.47]
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Feb 13, 2014
    75
    Divorced from a believable social context, Queer too often plays like a voyeuristic tour of gay life that's only interested in the most outrageous sights. It doesn't have to provide an insight into every gay person, but it does have to paint a more believable portrait of these people, which means anchoring them in a real place and expanding their lives beyond sexual encounters. [1 Dec 2000, p.15E]
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