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Tales of the City
2019
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Tales of the City
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0.5
Like the botched release of New Coke in 1985, its best to stick with the classic version and pretend that the new version never existed.
4.5
Its all a little bit cheesy, with a soap opera plotline and some cringey parodies of social media influencers, but despite the flaws, it was one of th ..
San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
If youre looking for terrific TV, look no further than new series City on a Hill, especially for fans of gritty crime dramas like The Wire and The Shi ..
Smh
4.0
This new Tales remains a love letter to the soul binding embrace of otherness.
Empire
4.5
The modern day episodes also have plenty to recommend them, even if an overarching blackmail plot feels a little tacked on and some plot points work b ..
Express
4.5
Rather than feeling cutting edge, the new 10 episodes, written by Lauren Morelli of Orange Is the New Black, play out like comfort food.
Boston Globe
4.5
A warm, cosy, and diverse soap opera, Tales of the City is ideal binge watch viewing.
Mirror
4.5
The one area in which this new Tales of the City doesnt ring true is as a tribute to San Francisco.
The Arts Desk
4.5
It is really incredible how social and cultural mores, with both its modern benefits and hindrances, are examined by watching the daily lives of these ..
Tell-Tale TV
4.5
Seeing this in 2019 is not as ground breaking as it was in the earlier series or novels...still, stories like theirs are vital to acknowledging the LG ..
Straits Times
4.5
Tales of the City re imagines its classic characters plopped in a post it gets better world with some sharp insights of inter generational queer commu ..
Awards Circuit
4.5
Theres no doubt that Tales Of The City will have you laughing and it will have you fighting back tears. Netflixs modern take brings fresh life into th ..
Metro
4.5
After all this time, the locals are still, as Anna puts it, flawed, narcissistic and doin our best.
Aarp
1.5
Even if this werent a tired trope, theyre so singularly charmless it never fails to annoy.
Tv Insider
4.5
But like the novels its based on, Tales of the City isnt really about issues.
Gq Magazine
1.5
Though there is a plot if you care enough to follow it, the show lacks the narrative enthusiasm of other recent programs equally concerned with identi ..
Book & Film Globe
4.5
On Tales of the City, self identifying as trans or queer doesnt automatically guarantee visibility or validity.
Bitch Media
1.5
Otherwise, they are just a couple inviting various thirds for fun and that doesnt tell the whole story of polyamory.
Pop Culture Leftovers
4.5
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