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Our Kind of People (TV Series)

2021

Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, Rhyon Nicole Brown, Alana Bright ...

TV Series. Drama. Thriller A single mom risks it all and moves her family to a vineyard with hopes of taking her natural hair care line to the next level by infiltrating the African American elite in Oak Bluffs.

Premiere: September 21 on FOX.

	Author	Review
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"[Its plot points] sheerly for being unfamiliar, will resonate with audiences (...) What’s missing, though, is the fun you’d expect — the melodrama doesn’t have much juice, and the performances (...) don’t rise above the pedestrian writing"	NEU
United States	Candice Frederick The Wrap	"[It] misses an opportunity to really explore class issues (...) It’s not especially worth the effort. In fact, after the first episode, you might consider jumping ship altogether."	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[It] will surely provide a welcome dose of escapism for some (...) [but] the underlying dynamics of 'Our Kind of People' feel like a pretty played-out tune."	NEU
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"A frothy show with a more serious underlying message about wealth, racism and women supporting each other. If you miss 'Empire', it should fill that hole in your schedule quite nicely."	POS
United States	Angie Han The Hollywood Reporter	"[It is] seriously hindered by a script that prioritizes breakneck pacing over common sense or characterization (...) It’s not just clunky, it’s forgettable"	NEG
United States	Caroline Framke Variety	"At least in the first two episodes (...) 'Our Kind of People' depends so heavily on exposition and constant plot machinations that it barely gives itself room to breathe."	NEU
United States	Melanie McFarland Salon	"You should watch because it's a reliable weekly dose of sparkle, glam and extra-ness"	POS
United States	Inkoo Kang The Washington Post	"It’s not the sociological critique that gives the show its shine — which, at least in the first two episodes, is too shallow and moralistic to take seriously anyway — but the inspirational spectacles of creative Black coiffure"	NEG

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