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gurinderpalssidhu
Reviews
Late Bloomer (2024)
Good premise but falls very short
As a fan of JusReign and a Punjabi Canadian living in the GTA I can certainly feel the promise and authenticy of the show, however the writing, acting and overall story all fall short.
Episodes 1-2 seemed interesting and had potential but it's been all downhill from there.
Casting JusReign as the lead character was a bold move but his talents do not translate over from YT to the small screen.
The best characters are his father, Sunny the token Punjabi trucker guy and Neal his white cousin. The rest are poor actors or have horrible writing that they have to overcome.
The entire ark of seeing Jasmeet riz with his love interest is completely cringe and not entertaining and that's just one of the many strange tangents the show writers take which never really get the show's story going.
The show ultimately comes off as preachy, very amateur and would have been better suited as a low budget web series than a featured show on Crave.
Hopefully if it gets picked up for a second season and they can focus more on the joke writing and put comedy first as well as hire better actors but I'm not optimistic.