Amazon Prime Video' Best New Show Lands A Perfect 100% Critic Score
Overcompensating
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While there are a number of solid shows on right now, probably an infinite amount you'll never get to, there's at least one new series on Amazon Prime Video that seems to be worth checking out, which just released today.
That show is Overcompensating, and now with at least some critic reviews in, it has a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The series focuses on teens in a less-dark-than-Euphoria way and more like R-rated comedies of old. Here's the synopsis of the new series:
Interestingly, the show was created by its star, Benito Skinner, something you don't see every day. He's 31 and apparently playing much younger in this. This cast is…something else. Very impressive. While I don't recognize any of the leads, two of its recurring characters are Connie Britton of Friday Night Lights and Kyle MacLachlan of Twin Peaks. I also see Kaia Gerber, daughter of Cindy Crawford and star of Bottoms. Also Maddie Phillips from Gen V and the sadly cancelled teenage bounty hunters.
Overcompensating
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But what really catches my eye is the apparent list of guest stars for the show, which is only eight episodes, but it is allegedly going to fit in Charli XCX, Megan Fox, Lukas Gage, Bowen Yang and James Van Der Beek. What is this show? I'm certainly going to be checking it out. That's for sure. Here's what some of the critics are saying about it:
In all these summaries the worst criticism I can find is that it's sometimes 'over-the-top,' but there are certainly worse things you could say about a series.
Amazon is releasing this as a rare binge drop, and since it came out today, it's too early to place on the Amazon Top 10 shows list, currently dominated by the months-old Reacher in a flex of that series' power, no pun intended. But I'm certainly going to be watching Overcompensating this weekend.
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