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Surviving Jack (TV Series)

Surviving Jack

2013

Justin Halpern (Creator), Patrick Schumacker (Creator) ...

Christopher Meloni, Alex Kapp Horner, Connor Buckley, Claudia Lee ...

5.7

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TV Series. Comedy TV Series (2014). 7 Episodes. An adaptation of Justin Halpern's book I Suck at Girls, the single-cam comedy tells the story of "a boy becoming a man and a man becoming a father, in a time before 'coming of age' was something you could Google."

	Author	Review
United States	Jeff Jensen Entertainment Weekly	"'Surviving Jack' (...) distinguishes itself with a terrific turn by Christopher Meloni as the father and a refreshing treatment of gender roles."	POS
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"The cast is likable, until they open their mouths to deliver the fourth-rate dialogue."	NEG
United States	Alessandra Stanley The New York Times	"The characters on 'Surviving Jack', like those on 'Growing Up Fisher', are more appealing and a little more nuanced. But they both are feel-good comedies that seem written to make their creators, more than the audience, feel good."	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"It’s another throwback to the twin notions that writers like tackling what they know, and adolescence--with all its potential for humiliation and exultation--offers fertile if not particularly original ground for comedy."	NEU
United States	Lori Rackl Chicago Sun-Times	"There’s an acerbic charm to Fox’s 1991-set sitcom that elevates it above similar newcomers 'Growing Up Fisher' and 'The Goldbergs'. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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