Girlboss
Girlboss
TV-MA | 21 April 2017 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    Brendon Jones

    It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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    Anoushka Slater

    While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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    Bob

    This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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    Cristal

    The movie really just wants to entertain people.

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    elisabethvrijdag

    Similar to some of the other reviewers I created an account especially to warn people how bad this show is. I can't believe it has 7/10 rating here. I get the whole idea of trying to create a show around a character who hasn't figured out life yet. In general I am a real sucker for coming-of-age shows and movies. It's in interesting topic, especially for this genre and it has a lot of potential to create something around a young insecure adult who acidentally becomes a business owner. But this show is just not much fun to watch. Better, it's very unpleasant to watch.The main character is so over the top afwul: spoiled, inmature, unfriendly, dramatic and egoistic that I am uncapable to symphatize with her. And yes, I guess as some of the other reviews said, the main actress is a good one based on the fact alone that she causes this many negative reactions. But I watch a show from this genre to be entertained and to relax in a happy, light and funny way. Not to have my heart rate going up because of the discomfort and annoyance I feel when having to watch this. The story line is thin and supporting characters aren't great either. It could be a funny show with sometimes even a hint of touching upon a profound topic (how to figure out life) but its just NOT. Note: I only watched the first two episodes.

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    Jenna von Paldanius

    The most annoying character I have ever seen on TV. Selfish, arrogant, rude.

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    Scott-101

    This show has found me in the mood when I'm in the narrow zone between wanting something a bit more serialized and character-focused than laugh-worthy and not looking for something too heavy. Also, if I feel like exploring something new rather than a rerun. Once I got past three episodes of pretty painful staticness on the part of the protagonist, it was moderately watchable with a few sweet moments here and a theme of struggle that's easy to relate to for any broke twenty-something operating outside the 9-to-5 world. That's the best I can do for a ringing endorsement.Britt Robertson (star of Brad Bird's grandiose attempt at a tent pole "Tomorrowland") stars as bratty millennial Sophia who decides who decides to run an e-business selling vintage clothing at mark-up after getting fired from her job. When I say "fired," I really mean she willfully neglected to do her her job because she felt she was too good for it and that's a big asterisk. It seems like a good point in this review to insert commentary about how the show doesn't have a very likable protagonist, but it's not much of a revelation. This is a show that knows what it is.The problem is that, unlike Cameron Diaz in "Bad Teacher" or Billy Bob Thornton in "Bad Santa" (perhaps "Bad Millenial" or "Bad E-Tailer" would have been a better title?), the show doesn't know how to properly have fun with the character or even wriggle some pathos out of Sophia.Little of this is Britt Robertson's fault. If anything, she rounds out the character and makes her more realistic than her "bad" counterparts, and she has a bright future. So that's one positive.Also on the positive end: The show has had a few sweet moments, Norm MacDonald is in it, it's relatable, he only cover of Modest Mouse's "Float On" I've ever liked, and has managed to make Cole Escobar likable in a way "Difficult People" has failed to do (although considering he's my least favorite character on TV, the bar was pretty low).While it's far from the best of Netflix's offerings, I have managed to make it through seven episodes so it's certainly watchable.

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    Way

    Well, everything is a spoiler really. Very hard to sign up for this review too.Let's get started, really great comedy of life. The series has a totally different vibe to the trailer. It is obscenely loosely based on a true story, an autobiography of the founder of Nasty Girl clothing retailer with her own individual way of seeing the world and doing things (who is also a producers of the show). This is reflected comically warts and all in the series. So, on ideology the character does many things wrong, but as an edgy, quirky comedic performance, rather than a dramatic epic ride through struggle, it is very good. It depends on your expectations and ideology, past the performance, like with a number of reviews here, which shouldn't be worried about. Personally I too found a number of things offensive, but as a performance it had real charm.The main actress definitely makes the show, and the show has female artistic input on the production side too. But the other characters also are generally well hung together with their performances as well.As far as realism goes, it's an exaggeration, but some of the impossible looking reactions are really the sorts of things that happen. One thing, of pushing the light weight car over the crest of the hill and people not rushing to help, is the sort of thing that can happen, even if we wouldn't personally let it happen. Some of these incidents are also set up for comical effect and to score character points.The show generally has a slightly maniac but controlled, spurty style to the good vibes, and a little bit of a train ride/wreck, scenic and rush hour. If that is your thing, you may well like it.

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