The New Edition Story
BET | Release Date: January 24, 2017
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Yahoo TVKen TuckerJan 24, 2017
Season 1 Review: The New Edition Story is an exceptionally well-made, fast-paced, warts-and-all biopic. Read full review
83
IndieWireHanh NguyenJan 24, 2017
Season 1 Review: All of the cast (Keith Powers as Ronnie DeVoe, Algee Smith as Ralph Tresvant, Luke James as Johnny Gill and Woody McClain as Bobby Brown) attacks their roles with glee and swagger, especially the kids who play the younger versions of the band. Read full review
80
The Huffington PostDavid HinckleyFeb 22, 2017
Season 1 Review: The best reason to watch, however, is the music and the group’s on-stage performance. Whether or not you were a boy band fan in the 1980s, this is top-quality stuff. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMikael WoodJan 24, 2017
Season 1 Review: Even as it stretches toward the six-hour mark, the film maintains a crisp forward momentum. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJon CaramanicaJan 23, 2017
Season 1 Review: A vibrant, fiercely committed three-night mini-series. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMaura JohnstonJan 23, 2017
Season 1 Review: The New Edition Story tells the story with verve and charm, meticulously re-creating videos and photo shoots and, more notably, creating rootable characters out of already-familiar stars. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubDanette ChavezJan 24, 2017
Season 1 Review: It proves to be a rare retrospective, one that’s both unvarnished and hazily nostalgic, and is as good an entry point as any for those interested in an(other) East Coast fling. Read full review
75
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJan 24, 2017
Season 1 Review: New Edition paved the way for New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men and *NSYNC. At the very least, this miniseries will get a new generation of fans grooving to their timeless music. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJan 23, 2017
Season 1 Review: As good as the cast is, the music is even better, with many of the group’s most memorable hits, such as “Mr. Telephone Man,” “Candy Girl” and, most of all, “Can You Stand the Rain” are celebrated in exquisitely choreographed and costumed performances. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyJeff JensenJan 23, 2017
Season 1 Review: Clumsy writing and poor pacing get in the way of an inherently compelling origin story that involves everything from bad managers to backstage gunplay. On the plus side, the two sets of actors playing New Edition as kids and adults--including Empire‘s Bryshere Y. Gray as Michael Bivins--are charming and fully capable of fancy footwork and smooth vocals. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneyJan 23, 2017
Season 1 Review: The energetic and musically talented cast elevates the project by several notches. ... It’s weirdly not detailed enough--Brown’s relationship with Houston is barely acknowledged, and, dammit, they don’t even show one second of the “Cool It Now” video being filmed--and too bloated for its own good, especially in its overly padded third act. Read full review
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