This Is Us

This Is Us (2016) 

This is one of the cases where I'm not actually going to give it a rating because I actually didn't have the strength to sit through a single episode. However, there were six attempts where I tried to violate myself and my tastes so that I could give you my impression with a comment. I have never been able to watch any episode for longer than 10 minutes, because I gained an unwavering feeling that I was watching some sophisticated parody of American family values, while at the same time realizing that the creators meant it deadly serious. This is emotionally so overdone and pathetic - it's as if you've fallen into a cotton candy drum or found yourself in the world of Barbies and Kens through some sort of magic. It doesn't work on me at all, I'm simply a down-to-earth skeptical man. This Is Us is as American a family series as it can be... After a few weeks away from it, I now dare to add two stars because I couldn't resist the temptation and watched three episodes of the latest season to confirm all my negative estimates. Pathos and emotions on steroids are not for me. This Is Us takes very seriously that which Frears' hero mocks against his will. (26/01/2020)