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Bel-Air (TV Series)

Bel-Air

2022

Andy Borowitz (Creator), Susan Borowitz (Creator) ...

Jabari Banks, Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Olly Sholotan ...

5.0

TV Series. Drama A dramatic retelling of the story of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

	Media	Author	Review
		Quinci LeGardye AV Club	"[2nd Season Review]: Now that the show's new version of the Banks family has been firmly set, 'Bel-Air' can continue to welcome viewers into its unique story"
		Ricky Valero Ready Steady Cut	"[2nd Season Review]: Superb writing mixed with strong performances from Jabari Banks and Olly Sholotan makes 'Bel-Air' Season 2 a notch ahead of the first season (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Chase Hutchinson Collider	"[2nd Season Review]: The experience of watching this reimagined version of the original series remains a grave one in all the wrong ways (...) Everything is too fleeting and forced"
		Ronda Racha Penrice The Wrap	"[2nd Season Review]: it gets more dramatic but doesn’t lose its charm"
		Brett White Decider	"[2nd Season Review]: With naysayers proven wrong, the newly confident 'Bel-Air' hits its stride"
		Kellee Terrell AV Club	"This reimagining of the iconic ’90s show impressively blends the past with the present for a fresh and timely fish-out-of-water story"
		Judy Berman Time	"The dialogue can sound stiff, and constant references to both the original show and Cooper’s video get tiresome. Yet it does have all the makings of a solid drama."
		Amon Warmann Empire	"A bold reimagining that maintains the essence of the original show while exploring important social themes from an authentic, Black perspective (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"The dramatic reboot of Will Smith’s classic Nineties sitcom can’t live up to the promise of its viral fake trailer (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Tim Surette TV Guide	"Fresh Prince Remake Is Too Serious to Take Seriously. It's not parody, it's not great drama, so what is it?"
		Anita Singh Telegraph	"Bel-Air is not funny. It doesn’t even try. Instead, it takes every aspect of the original show and sucks out the joy (...) Does it succeed on its own terms? Not really (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Occasionally entertaining, occasionally perplexing attempt to reimagine The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as a gritty contemporary drama"
		Caroline Framke Variety	"'Bel-Air' flips 'Fresh Prince,' and turns low expectations upside-down"
		Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly	"A dramatic Fresh Prince that's more ridiculous and less charming (...) Do we really need a cool Carlton, a sexy Uncle Phil, or a sad Will?"
		LaToya Ferguson The Wrap	For the nostalgic, there are Easter Eggs within the episodes, but 'Bel-Air' doesn’t simply rely on a fondness for the original series to hook modern audiences (...) 'Bel-Air' successfully frames this story in the context of a teen drama"

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