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Thoughts on Adolescence on Netflix?

Posted on 9/15/25 at 2:04 pm
Posted by UFFan
Planet earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Aug 2016
2543 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 2:04 pm
I found it so boring and simplistic. The plot is basically just the boy gets commits murder and gets arrested, the boy initially denies it, the boy later admits that he committed the murder, and was influenced to do so by "toxic masculinity" he found online.

I can't believe how this is considered the show of the year. I've rarely seen a more boring and simplistic show in my life.

The only thing that was impressive about the show is how they somehow managed to stretch out such a boring and simplistic show to be 4 episodes long.
This post was edited on 9/15/25 at 2:13 pm
Posted by boogiewoogie1978
Little Rock
Member since Aug 2012
19193 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 2:09 pm to
It supports Hollywood's agenda so they gave it an award.
Posted by The Ramp
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2004
12772 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 2:23 pm to
I thought it was masterful with the one-take camera production. I liked the plot even though it was predictable
Posted by GeauxGriff
Member since Dec 2022
39 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 2:23 pm to
I am pretty sure each of the episodes were shot in a single take, which is impressive from a filmmaking standpoint I guess.

Otherwise I agree the story was ultimately underwhelming and I found myself wishing I had spent the time watching doing something else.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
7997 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 2:44 pm to
i thought it was all white, not great.
Posted by UFFan
Planet earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Aug 2016
2543 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 3:11 pm to
I don't think it was exactly an anti-white film, but I do think that they deliberately made the main character white because the show would get lambasted as being racist if the main character wasn't white.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38171 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 3:12 pm to
quote:

I don't think it was exactly an anti-white film, but I do think that they deliberately made the main character white because the show would get lambasted as being racist if the main character wasn't white.
Yes. If he had been brown, people wouldn't have liked how unfairly accurate it was.
Posted by stonedbegonias
Member since Jan 2010
12163 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 3:37 pm to
Outside of the “single take” filming, it was just another show to me. Not bad, not great.
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
20309 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 4:26 pm to
It was okay. It got close to touching on some of the problems boys are facing with online content and loneliness. But it failed when they created him to be an anger-psycho maniac who had a propensity for violence.

That kind of person has a dangerous reaction no matter the context.
Posted by StansberryRules
Member since Aug 2024
3972 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 5:33 pm to
Any project that's anti-white or pro-lgbt is automatically going to get a ton of critical praise and award nominations and wins.

The critics and award circles judge a project by its political narrative every single bit as much as the other qualities.
This post was edited on 9/15/25 at 6:56 pm
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
31682 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 6:23 pm to
I gave it a chance but when I found out that the actor/writer/director based it off of a African Immigrant (son) committing murder of a bunch of white English girls and then he flipped it or an incel son, I just couldn’t keep watching. The filming style was gripping and well done, after I learned that I just DGAF.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
155203 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 7:10 pm to
I thought it was great and sort of terrifying as a parent of a young boy. And impressive from a technical standpoint. And I think the acting was really good. Especially the dad.

I had gripes I think, but all in all I enjoyed it and think it should be required viewing for parents just based on the content itself.

I couldn’t care less that it was based on a story with different races. That’s just looking for something to get mad about IMO. Ultimately it could’ve been a completely fictional story and had the same impact.
Posted by ohiovol
Member since Jan 2010
20987 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 7:21 pm to
A lot of soft people in this thread.
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
Member since Dec 2006
20134 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 8:05 pm to
It's stupid that they changed the story to be woke, but it was otherwise really well done, the performances were incredible. The technical feat they pulled off with the cinematography is reason alone to watch.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
32725 posts
Posted on 9/15/25 at 9:10 pm to
I liked it but towards the end it wasn’t about the main story and more about the family

No closure whatsoever
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
7997 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 11:01 am to
quote:


I don't think it was exactly an anti-white film, but I do think that they deliberately made the main character white because the show would get lambasted as being racist if the main character wasn't white.

i agree.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
41471 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 8:02 pm to
The endless irony of a show that won big, was directed by a man up against 5 women, he wins, but of course, because it's Netflix, the white kid gets the award when the real life story was based off a black kid.


So much privilege, it's almost a crime.
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