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Critic Reviews
Feb 16, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Thanks to Johnson’s typically screen-filling, infectious and winning performance, the terrific supporting cast and some clever and original storytelling by showrunners Nahnatchka Khan and Jeff Chiang, “Young Rock” packs a formidable one-two comedic/dramatic punch in each of the three episodes I screened.
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Feb 16, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The show made me laugh, and a few times it even dropkicked me right in the feels. Future me may regret this, but I'm giving Young Rock my endorsement. [Kristen's Grade: B+]
Khan is definitely working hard to squeeze her co-creator/subject's wandering biography into a fast-paced sitcom format. As much as I enjoy Constant, a lot of the high school and college material has a bland origin-of-the-hero self-help quality: How I Got Great, by Me. [Darren's Grade: B-]
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Feb 16, 2021
Season 1 Review:
There’s a too-crazy-to-be-true quality to Johnson’s real-life story that plays well in a TV comedy but it’s wisely leavened with more grounded, vulnerable moments, particularly the warts-and-all portrayal of Johnson’s father (Joseph Lee Anderson), and the complicated relationship Johnson had with his dad.
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Feb 12, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Three episodes aren't enough to tell whether Young Rock is just another version of Johnson working the gimmick, or if he really does plan on showing parts of himself beyond what we already know. Still, fans shouldn't expect any revelations, or to leave with a brand new understanding of their favorite celebrity, but it has a lot of heart and might even make you want to go lift a dumbbell.
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Feb 17, 2021
Feb 16, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Like Fresh Off the Boat, Young Rock isn’t wildly funny in the early going, but feels as if the laughs will grow bigger the better we get to know the characters. That there are so many actors playing our hero, not to mention different supporting casts in each era, complicates matters.
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TV Guide MagazineFeb 25, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The ambitious Young Rock jumps around in these timelines, the storytelling hampered by the smug framing device of the adult Johnson running for president. [1-14 Mar 2021, p.9]
Feb 16, 2021
Season 1 Review:
In the main, these featherweight stories have a simple, charming appeal, with period detail, subtly shifting between time jumps, tending to distract from just how little is going on. Meanwhile, the grown-ups — Anderson, Stacey Leilua as Johnson’s mother, and Ana Tuisila as his wrestling-promoter grandma — add just enough heft to make the show work.
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