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Review: Inside Job (western animation) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 6 months ago by fireweed to c/[email protected]

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Cross-posted from: [email protected]

Original thread: https://lemmy.world/post/12538199

Title: Inside Job

Type: TV series

Year: 2021

Country: United States

Genre: Comedy

Status: Cancelled (RIP)

Platform: Netflix

Appropriate for 30+?: Absolutely

My rating: 4/5 stars

(Rating scale: 5/5 = masterpiece, 4/5 = quite good, 3/5 = mostly good, 2/5 = bleh, 1/5 = I regret ever being exposed to this series, 0/5 = affront to humanity)

Inside Job is peak Millennial media. Most of the main characters are Millennials, jokes and cultural references are aimed at 20- and 30-somethings, a major plotline revolves around the Millennial protagonist and the strained relationship with her Boomer dad, and there’s even have an entire 80s nostalgia parody episode.

Overall I’d give the series a B (4/5 stars: good but not great). The humor generally lands and the plots are interesting enough. The characters start out painfully two-dimensional but become more charming over time. Unfortunately the latter episodes somehow lack the charm and fun of the earlier episodes, and alas the series never got a chance to redeem itself in season two after being unfairly axed by Netflix after a mere 18 episodes (and a cliffhanger ending). Perhaps not a “must-watch” for the general public, but I’d heartily recommend it to any fan of western adult animation.

Summarized in a phrase: a funnier, smarter American Dad.

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[–] HappycamperNZ 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did love this series and agree with you 4/5 rating. Good watch, but not a "holy shit this is good" watch.

Did you do a Bojack review?

[–] fireweed 1 points 6 months ago

I haven't done Bojack yet (it's been a few years since I watched it and I like to review these things fresh), but I will next time I rewatch it. It's an amazing series, up there with The Good Place in the "comedies that completely surpass the genre" category.