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User Reviews for: The Inbetweeners

Jordyep
/10  2 months ago
This show is often praised for being the most accurate depiction of UK teenagers in the 2000s. Think _Superbad_ but with a fresh paint of 00s UK indie culture, which definitely makes it an interesting time capsule. I wouldn't say I remember being as relentlessly horny as the main characters on this show, but I can see how the target demographic connected with it at the time. However, much like _Superbad_, I just don't get much out of this and that's probably due to the commitment to authenticity. Most of this is just lowbrow 'edgy' teenager humor and cringy coming-of-age situations that aren't cathartic or interesting in any way. After the first season it already starts to feel repetitive and the characters only get more annoying as the show goes on. Stylistically it's also pretty bland. I liked the use of garage rock and some of the fast editing early on, but that sort of fades into the background during the next two seasons. I can only assume that it was probably already clear at the time that none of this was going to age very well, which is arguably true because it hasn't really left a lasting mark on pop culture. It's a product of its time made for a specific audience, not some essential, boundary pushing coming-of-age storytelling.

S01: 3.5/10
S02: 3/10
S03: 3/10
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Zola
/10  5 years ago
Four teenager boys in their final couple of years at High School, and we follow their exploits both in and out of the classroom.

I think I must have missed this great show first time round back in 2008, but I have to say after watching all three seasons almost back2back in the last month or so, I can safely this this is a very funny sitcom!

Being female my experiences at High School were not a million miles away from these guys, although I was at a girls-only school. But this show focusing on boys turning into young men with heavy influences on all those teenage things we all probably shared back in the day. Namely, underage drinking in pubs, sex, peer pressure, arguments with parents, our first car, sex, rebelling against the system, a hatred for teachers, sex, drugs, sex and err... more sex!

The four boys in question are a perfect eclectic mix of the nice-but-dim boy (Neil), the posh public schoolboy roughing it in a comprehensive (Will), the big headed-day-dreamer boy (Jay), and the legover boy (Simon)

Most of the show is seen through the eyes of Will, and his awkward experiences of trying to fit in into a state school because his mother could no longer afford to pay for his private education after a divorce.

Simon is his best friend. Simon hates his parents, but only when it suits. He is also desperate to get a girlfriend, not so much to fall in love with, but more to do with getting his leg over so as to brag in front if his mates that has has finally had sex!

This peer pressure is driven by Jay. He lives in a fantasy world, constantly bragging about how many women/girls he's had, and what a great sexual monster he is. Although the reality is rather different!

And finally there's Neil - he is a little bit slow on the uptake, and doesn't really have any original thoughts of his own other than to get drunk, date girls (and failing) and become a "airplane driver"

There is a lot of bad language and sexual references. But on the flip side there is no nudity (as such) and the sex scenes are subtly done. There's plenty of laughs to go round, although I did feel come the 3rd season that the novelty was beginning to wear a bit thin. And it's just as well the TV show ended there (although there were two films subsequently made)

Probably not a show you would want to watch with your parents, but it is hugely funny in a very vulgar puerile kind of way.
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