SummaryThe reimagining of the Russell T. Davies' Queer as Folk from Stephen Dunn is set in New Orleans where a group of friends are changed by a violent attack on their community.
Created By:Stephen Dunn
Queer As Folk (2022)
Season 1 Premiere:
Jun 9, 2022
Metascore
Generally Favorable
67
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.0
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67
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Jun 7, 2022
83
Queer As Folk finds ever more delicious and delirious ways of offering prickly story beats and character arcs that refuse to flatten or homogenize the LGBTQ+ community.
Jun 8, 2022
80
Despite the heavy premise, the series as a whole is surprisingly light on its feet. Sure, here and there are painful excavations of trauma or equally tear-jerking moments of defiant joy. But for the most part, the series allows its characters to be every bit as messy or silly or sexy or serious after the shooting as they were before.
Jun 8, 2022
75
“Queer as Folk” rises to the occasion when it explores the bigger contemporary themes in the LGBTQ community, even when the show is tethered to some of the baggage of previous versions of the series.
Jul 1, 2022
60
The programme remains essentially joyful, which can mean there are some jarring tonal shifts, but generally they just about get away with it. Perhaps that is because the bedrock is firm. Messy lives are rendered with truth and confidence.
Jun 9, 2022
60
While there’s a lot of messiness in this new version of Queer As Folk, it also introduces an interesting new set of characters and examines how much things have changed and stayed the same for the LGBTQIA community.
Jun 8, 2022
60
You’ll never feel bored watching the new “Queer as Folk.” But, for long, antic, tonally uncertain stretches, you might crave feeling something.
Jun 8, 2022
50
A ripped-from-the-headlines premise may locate the new series in the white-hot center of modernity, but Dunn and company extract little insight from that aggressive timeliness. ... It gets there toward the end, when the writers finally start developing real characters beyond mere identity descriptors. But so much of the series is an aimless wander haunted by an annihilating tragedy, a survey of queer existence that locates itself in struggle, interrupted only by bouts of defiant hedonism.
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.0
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Jun 11, 2022
6
This is the 3rd version of this series . In 1999, it was set in England, then a year later Showtime launched the American version set it Pittsburg. This reboot takes place in New Orleans and features a much more diverse cast. There's still plenty of sex, colorful language, plus drag queens and trans characters added to the diverse mix (with Kim Cattrall and Juliette Lewis as moms). The pace zips along until a tragedy sets up the rest of the series. Since I've watched the entirety of the first 2 series, I decided not to continue past this first ep (the remainders require a subscription). It doesn't look bad, just doesn't present anything new or clever enough to appeal to me anymore. (Eight one-hour eps)
Jul 24, 2022
1
The rest of the characters are pure selfish, vapid, typical gays. The main character played by Brodie(Kim Katrall's son) played by Devin Way is an example of how toxic gays can be. I only made it to episode 4 and threw in the towel. Plain awful. Not to mention boring.
Production Company:
- Universal Cable Productions
Initial Release Date:Jun 9, 2022
Number of seasons:1 Season
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
The Queerties
• 3 Nominations
GLAAD Media Awards
• 1 Nomination
