F is for Family

The drawings are great and there are some good jokes, but in how many incarnations can we watch "All in the Family"? I think the one saving grace is that Mr. Burr is directly tapping into his childhood and nobody tries to protect us from the balls out cussing and in-your-face reality of a working class 70's family.

Tough to rate. I want Burr to get more opportunities because he is one of my favorite comedians, but this is kinda rough on the comedy side. Lots of jokes miss. There are some great jokes, but a rough amount of misses.

best thing burr's done in a decade+ (low bar, but he is good), voicing a character obviously written for him. full of tough, bleak character stuff built around past trauma and present regret/resentment like e.g. bojack, and like that show it's better as drama than comedy (where it's a burr, family guy and south park combo). what's most refreshing for an animated sitcom is its strong continuity: details matter, nothing is frivolous or forgotten, any character development is very hard earned.

Not finished, but love how it follows a timeline

I stopped after season one

Carefully crafted and a an ultimately warm portrayal of family life. In its best moments it is very good indeed, albeit pacing issues and lulls in quality do occur over the seasons.

Amusing.

I didnt know how to take the show at first and so it sat in my queue for a long time. I loved Bill Burr before this, so I couldnt figure it out what I wasnt getting. After giving it more of a chance, I rank this show up there with Bojack horseman in quality. This american family feels real, feels like my family, I've had alot of these fights myself...I dont know how well that speaks about my family that its relatable to a fictional cartoon show, but what ya gonna do?

Occasionally funny but the writing is often too on the nose for my liking and the structure/plotlines the show utilizes have been done to death. I don't find its perception of the world all that enlightening since its observations are mostly surface level shit that comes across as tepid despite how abrasive the show is. Bill Burr is an entertaining personality but everyone else is a charisma vacuum who are as entertaining to watch as dry paint.

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