The Cool Kids

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 28, 2018
User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 22
  3. Negative: 8 out of 22
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  1. OldLady68
    Nov 10, 2018
    1
    I love the cast, but hate the show. It is insulting to people who are the age these characters portray. Did the creator do any research on "old" people before putting this on the air? My friends and I are that age and we live in our own homes and spend our days working or volunteering in our community. Age these characters up to 85-90 (no need to change the scripts) and you might haveI love the cast, but hate the show. It is insulting to people who are the age these characters portray. Did the creator do any research on "old" people before putting this on the air? My friends and I are that age and we live in our own homes and spend our days working or volunteering in our community. Age these characters up to 85-90 (no need to change the scripts) and you might have something closer to real life. And funny.… Expand
  2. Iamcritical86
    Nov 22, 2018
    3
    Excellent cast with far better projects under their belts than The Cool Kids!! The scripts are bad. I've seen better writing in high school drama plays! And that phony laugh track sounds incredibly electronically generated and sloppily squeezed in between the show's atrocious dialogue. I feel bad for the show's talented cast. The Cool Kids has to be their worst project yet.
  3. UptownSeattle
    Nov 13, 2018
    0
    Yikes, I wanted to like this show, but it couldn't be more boring or poorly written. This is not a retirement community as they want us to believe, but more like "an old folks home." In fact, it's a glorified nursing home. Retirement "homes" don't put you in hallways lined up with individual rooms - again, that is a nursing home! It's really an insult to people 60 and older. A reallyYikes, I wanted to like this show, but it couldn't be more boring or poorly written. This is not a retirement community as they want us to believe, but more like "an old folks home." In fact, it's a glorified nursing home. Retirement "homes" don't put you in hallways lined up with individual rooms - again, that is a nursing home! It's really an insult to people 60 and older. A really cool alternative would have been an upscale retirement community of individual homes or condos - with each character in their own domicile (not a ROOM.) And then of course they could meet up in the common areas of their community both indoors and outdoors, invite each other over to their home, etc. Yes, the set/s may cost more to produce, but in the end, it would be a much more believable show - rather than this old folks, nursing home setting. It's actually disturbing to watch. Take this off the air already.… Expand

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Metascore
42

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 3 out of 9
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Oct 10, 2018
    0
    An abominable, grating, crass, predictable, and lazy new Fox sitcom.
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  2. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Sep 28, 2018
    42
    There’s ample cringe-worthy bawdiness. ... The diminutive Jordan, speaking in a deep drawl, is something of a scene-stealer, even if it’s only petty theft. And Lawrence seems to have a fairly firm handle on her boss lady character.
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  3. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 28, 2018
    65
    Created by Charlie Day, one of the producers and stars of the hilariously vulgar and half-witted sitcom It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia , Cool Kids shares its proud tastelessness.
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