F is for Family : Season 1
- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Dec 18, 2015
F is for Family
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings
- Summary: Baggage handler Frank Murphy (Bill Burr) and his wife (Laura Dern) raise their three children (Justin Long, Haley Reinhart) in 1973 in the animated comedy created by Bill Burr and Michael Price.
- Genre(s): Comedy, Animation
- Season 1 premiere date: Dec 18, 2015
- Air Time: 12:00 AM
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 13
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Mixed: 2 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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In just six episodes, F Is For Family will certainly make you laugh, but its dramatic heft is so unexpectedly huge that it might also move you to tears.
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It’s a bitter, but deeply empathetic portrayal of suburban malaise and depression that also doubles as a very funny TV show.
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The show itself is very promising, albeit uneven, as almost any young comedy is, and fits neatly into the dark and very adult animated comedy brand Netflix started for itself with the great "BoJack Horseman."
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The semi-serialized six-episode run has a dark, bittersweet quality, but despite some clever moments, F generally merits no more than a “B.�?
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The show’s story lines--money problems, childhood rebellions--are what you might see on any animated family show. The difference is, F for Family treats these issues as if they’re real and lasting. It’s still a comedy, rude, raunchy and not entirely original, but it has heft and heart.
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The sadness and unrest in F Is for Family tempers the humor and keeps the show from ever getting too frivolous. The family of its title gives the show a hopeful core, but it's always looking around the corner for the next stumbling block, so mostly, F Is for Family is entertainingly honest.
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The tone is more restrained than outrageous, but Burr and Price don’t have a strong enough perspective to compensate for the mediocre humor. Their average family is a little too average.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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