Review of Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This:

Netflix is really starting to get creative with their plots. This time with I Am Not Okay With This, it’s the typical, charming story of adolescence plugged into the superhero genre with bits and pieces of comedy. The show is about a teenage girl named Sydney, who one day, finds out she has some kind of superpowers and that her lifelong friend, Dina (Sofia Bryant) is dating someone yet Sydney is secretly in love with her. When a quirky classmate named Stanley Barber finds out about her powers, they two must attempt to keep it secret from the public. It’s first season is extremely entertaining and often hilarious, benefitting from the strong chemistry from Sophia Lillis and Wyatt Olaf, who starred together in the 2017 IT movie. Sure, it veers into shallow territory then and again, though to keep it afloat are the performances and the hefty amount of comic relief. The whole thing’s pretty damn clever as well. I mean not a lot of people have tried to mash up girl rage and superpowers, much less succeed. It’s extremely creative and unusual, despite the coming-of-age side of the story being familiar, as usual. The story asks the question if “what if Professor X never shows up at your house?” And it answers it really, really well. The episodes are as short as they should be, with the pilot clocking at just 19 minutes long, with the rest only being a little over the 20 minute mark which makes bineging it easy enough. I’m in for a second season.

Should you Binge, Browse, or Skip?

I Am Not Okay With This can’t help but be a bit shallow, though Sophia Lillis’ superb lead performance, clever direction and plenty of laughs make it an awkward, charming mash of adolescence and a Marvel movie.

I would say…BINGE IT

By: Keaton Marcus