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Summary 25-year-old British-Jamaican Queenie Jenkins (Dionne Brown) struggles to make a new start after a breakup with her boyfriend in this adaptation of the book of the same name by Candice Carty-Williams. [Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 4 Jun 2024 and in the US on Hulu on 7 Jun 2024]
- 2024
- Hulu
- 2024
- Hulu
Queenie
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 4, 2024
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3.8
Summary 25-year-old British-Jamaican Queenie Jenkins (Dionne Brown) struggles to make a new start after a breakup with her boyfriend in this adaptation of the book of the same name by Candice Carty-Williams. [Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 4 Jun 2024 and in the US on Hulu on 7 Jun 2024]
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Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
75
86% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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It’s a story whose ultimate power sneaks up on you, because Carty-Williams is smart enough to recognize that the best way for us to understand Queenie is to be confronted by her trauma at the same time, and in the same way, that she is. .... This is a very sharp, moving, well-told story.
Queenie has some equally funny and dramatic moments in its first episode, and Dionne Brown handles both sides of her character well.
“Queenie” can feel “young adult” instead of young and adult, but the flip is that the show is never a miserable slog through trauma and degradation. It’s smart, poppy and fun — critical, but not cynical.
As a character study Queenie is first-rate. As a drama, you only wish it pushed things further.
Even as a few characters feel underdeveloped and some of the drama here feels a little forced, there is a lot to enjoy about Queenie. And many of the actors seem to bring their full hearts into their roles.
The most charming thing about the half-hour Hulu drama is how much care and compassion it holds for its heroine, no matter how disastrous or self-destructive her choices get — or how occasionally uneven its storytelling becomes.
Queenie feels like a dramedy dreamed up by half-arsed AI. The breakup, the queer pal who encourages her to date again, even the dreams of making it as a writer in the big city are painfully rote cliches. Because Queenie feels so imprecise, investing in any of these plotlines is difficult.
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Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
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31% Positive
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Production Company:
- Channel 4
- Lionsgate UK TV
- Onyx Collective
Initial Release Date: Jun 4, 2024
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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