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Critic Reviews
Jun 7, 2018
Season 2 Review:
If anything, the self-improvement show manages to boil itself down to its purest form in Season 2 leaving us with more of what we loved from Queer Eye‘s debut outing: real, honest moments of genuine connection between people from starkly different walks of life who might otherwise never cross paths.
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May 9, 2023
Season 7 Review:
In a franchise first, the Fab Five even outsource some of their counseling and coaching this season to former heroes, both a lovely catch-up with characters from seasons past and also a moving reminder that the show does actually spur long-term changes in the lives of these people.
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The GuardianJun 5, 2020
Season 5 Review:
The nice thing about Queer Eye is that it pushes your feelgood buttons in the way you would largely expect – the transformative power of a nice haircut, some carefully chosen and well-fitted clothes, a living space that suits the person’s needs is clearly not to be underestimated – but it also takes the occasional swerve into the surprising.
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The GuardianDec 3, 2019
Season 4 Review:
Undoubtedly, the show has settled into a post-reboot groove: introduce subject to the transformative power of self-love and a good moisturiser, group-hug, then rinse and repeat. It comes with an assuredness that is ever more enjoyable. Touchingly, they remain open about how hard-won their self-assuredness is.
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Jul 23, 2019
Season 4 Review:
Queer Eye’s formula—manipulative and effective, awkward and transcendent—remains the same as before, but the emphasis on the Fab Five as individuals does change the series’ value proposition somewhat. ... With the intensifying spotlight, though, the guys—and all they represent—have thankfully come to seem more three-dimensional.
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The Daily BeastJun 18, 2018
Season 2 Review:
It’s nice to see people from different walks of life learn to understand each other. But it’s just as beautiful to see members of a community come together to support one of their own who needs them. After two seasons of the new Queer Eye, we’re seeing the revival reach its full potential: being equally skilled at doing both.
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Jun 15, 2018
Season 2 Review:
Queer Eye is queer on a level deeper than its sanctifying of homosexuals as domestic superheroes. It’d be queer--though not as fun--even without the yaaasing of groomer Jonathan Van Ness and the tight Little Life tees of foodie Antoni Porowski. ... “You’re telling me what I already know, but I need to be told,” one subject says. This empowering approach is especially effective with Season 2’s two curveball clients: a cisgender woman and a trans man.
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Jun 15, 2018
Season 1 Review:
It is great, great TV. Much credit goes to the group of highly watchable experts, whose breakout stars include Karamo, a satin-swathed bro whisperer; Jonathan, a whirligig of sass and kilts and moisturizing wisdom; and Antoni, the self-consciously pretty boy and supposed food whiz. Their targets are nicely varied and likable, too.
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Jun 13, 2018
Season 2 Review:
Anyone who fell in love with this charming Queer Eye crew will be happy to know that they remain very much in character during season two. ... Because there’s such an established formula to Queer Eye, binge-watching isn’t necessarily the best way to enjoy it. Spreading out the episodes will cut down on one’s awareness of the repetitiveness in its structure, as well as the repetitiveness in some of the advice being offered.
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Jun 7, 2018
Season 2 Review:
Queer Eye seems to have decided that facing challenges and adjusting expectations shouldn’t solely be the province of its experts. As a result, it’s as fascinating as it’s ever been, a document of gay men in 2018--proud but uncertain about Pride, liberated but carrying wounds from an all-too-recent past--that feels unexpectedly vital.
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Feb 6, 2018
Season 1 Review:
The lack of bitchiness admittedly makes this Queer Eye a little less funny than the first; most of the comedy weight is provided by Van Ness, the most quick-witted of the group. But all five of the consultants are likable and go out of their way to match their guidance to the interests and circumstances of the men they advise. ... Engaging.
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Jun 12, 2018Mar 11, 2019
Season 3 Review:
Tan, Karamo, Jonathan, Bobby, and Antoni are still charming and it’s still entertaining to watch them swoop into a new subject’s life and transform him/her/them from perfectly-fine-caterpillar into even-more-fine-butterfly. But three seasons in, Queer Eye has to contend with the fact that its template and rhythms have become very familiar.
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Jun 15, 2018
Season 2 Review:
The Fab 5 can stand to ponder whether or not their heroes feel as if they're embracing an inauthentic idea of the self. But as Queer Eye already knows that its strength isn't in selling us a product, but rather in using its heroes to remind us of how to be more decent in our lives, maybe it's okay to tell the Fab 5 that they, too, can do better.
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The Daily BeastFeb 7, 2018
Season 1 Review:
The Queer Eye reboot finds perhaps even more pathos than the original one. The transformation in the premiere episode is a heartwarming hoot. But with a cast of attention-seeking experts who too often steal focus from the proverbial mission at hand, it can be as exhausting and, at times, even as cringe-inducing as some have feared.
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