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The Girls on the Bus (TV Series)

The Girls on the Bus

2024

Amy Chozick (Creator), Julie Plec (Creator) ...

Melissa Benoist, Carla Gugino, Natasha Behnam, Rose Jackson Smith ...

6.2

TV Series. Drama. Comedy Based on the experiences of one of its creators as a political reporter on the campaign bus of multiple presidential candidates, the series stars four female journalists. Sadie is a journalist who romanticises a bygone era of campaign journalism and gives up her entire life for a chance to cover a presidential candidate for a major newspaper. Sadie joins the bus and ends up bonding with three female competitors, Grace, Lola and ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Taylor Gates Collider	"A massively fun ride (...) It handles serious topics, from sexism and racism to abortion and corruption, in a way that feels both raw and palatable while never taking away from the show’s watchability and enjoyability"
		Alison Herman Variety	"'The Girls on the Bus' tries and fails to make politics fun again (...) What's meant to be a delightful romp just comes off as pure delusion"
		Saloni Gajjar AV Club	"An aggravating misfire (...) This timely, overdramatic election series lacks even a hint of nuance"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"As a show about journalism, 'The Girls on the Bus is decent' — smart about a lot of things, dumb about others, but not disproportionately. As a political thriller, 'The Girls on the Bus' is mostly a crock"
		Mary Kassel Screen Rant	"[It] has a compelling ensemble, but the pacing and relevancy of its plotting fail to present an opinion about its political topics (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Jay Snow Paste Magazine	"An unexpected delight"
		Jesse Hassenger The Wrap	"It all feels like 1996 doing a bad impression of 2024 — and it’s difficult to stomach recent history seen through such a glib, glossy filter"
		Caroline Siede The Daily Beast	"The dialogue in is bluntly written, the characters broadly archetypal, and the social messaging incredibly on the nose. And yet there's something about the earnest intentions and likable performers that keeps it all watchable"
		Joel Keller Decider	"A soapy show that feels like it could take place in any setting; it just happens to take place on the presidential campaign trail. And that feels like a missed opportunity"
		Lili Loofbourow The Washington Post	"What the series lacks in moral seriousness it compensates for by gamely and sometimes even rigorously investigating the mechanics of fallibility"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"The last thing [journalism] needs is another broadly drawn series that seems to put a spotlight on the profession's principles before backing over them"
		Carla Meyer San Francisco Chronicle	"So well-acted by its main cast that it keeps promising to be ceiling-breaking or otherwise profound. But the new series ends up squarely middle of the road and all too ordinary (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Kristen Baldwin Entertainment Weekly	"An election-year drama that won't stress you out"

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