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Freaks and Geeks (TV Series)

Freaks and Geeks

1999

Paul Feig (Creator), Jake Kasdan ...

Linda Cardellini, James Franco, John Francis Daley, Jason Segel ...

7.9

7,854

TV Series. Comedy TV Series (1999-2000). 1 Season. 18 Episodes. It's the 1980s and at McKinley High, there's two different groups of teenagers, the Freaks with cool and charismatic Daniel DeSario (James Franco) and tomboy Lindsay Weir (Linda Cardellini) and the Geeks with Lindsay's shy younger brother Sam (John Francis Daley), gentle Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr), and self-proclaimed ladies' man Neal Schweiber (Samm Levine). The show chronicles the ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Barry Garron The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] offers the most sensitive, touching and, yes, humorous look at the joys and pains of adolescence since 'The Wonder Years'."
		Julia Raeside The Guardian	"Every episode is a shining gem (...) [An] exquisitely lovely 18-episode portrait of the 1980s American high-school experience"
		Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly	"Every episode contains (...) a theme that illustrates the ways tolerance, understanding, and a sharp, self-deprecating sense of humor can be mighty weapons in the ugly battle of adolescence."
		Howard Rosenberg Los Angeles Times	"[It] speaks with a more authentic teen voice than other series in this genre (...) The downside is that situations and characters here are so overdrawn, little space remains for subtlety or nuance."
		Todd VanDerWerff AV Club	"'Freaks And Geeks' works as well as it does because it’s about fundamentally good people (...) [It is] beautiful and achingly real"
		Ray Richmond Variety	"The poignant and wise 'Freaks and Geeks' feels plenty real (...) [It] manages to be hip in its own peculiar fashion"
		Caryn James The New York Times	"Though it has a winning, low-keyed charm, 'Freaks and Geeks' can't escape its sense of borrowed wonder"

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