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Parents need to know that this animated comedy series features some disturbing sexual humor relating to its lead character, a 7-year-old genius. Fantasy scenes between the boy and his much older principal involve near nudity and implied sex. There's also mild swearing and some negative messaging with regard to the lead character's poor behavior and disdain for authority.
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What's the story?
ALLEN GREGORY (voiced by Jonah Hill) is a 7-year-old boy genius for whom the term "precocious" doesn't quite seem strong enough. He's basically a fortysomething snob in the body of a little kid, and his father (French Stewart) caters to his every whim. Until, that is, money gets tight and he has to place his precious child into the public elementary school system. The show deals with Allen Gregory's very difficult time adjusting his high standards and eccentric behavior to the realities of childhood.
Is it any good?
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Allen Gregory is part of Fox's bedrock Sunday night animation block. After decades of series after series occupying these slots, from The Simpsons and Futurama to King of the Hill and Family Guy, there's a general tone that they all struggle to achieve. It's a tricky combination of the witty and the witless, and more often than not, the shows miss that mark entirely, even when they become wildly successful with an audience that prizes the witlessness more than the wit.
Allen Gregory has potential; there are some funny concepts, strong jokes, vivid characters, and a quirky animation style. Even the music has charm. But in its struggle to incorporate those witless, crass, and even shocking concepts that Fox viewers seem to require, it totally misses the mark. It's hard to find any humor in watching a 7-year-old child -- even an animated one -- engage in softcore sexual fantasies about his sixtysomething principal, complete with partial nudity of a grotesque parody of an elderly woman's body. Frankly, it's a bit nauseating.
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TV details
| Cast: | French Stewart, Jonah Hill, Nat Faxon |
| Network: | Fox |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| TV rating: | NR |
| Available on: | Streaming |
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Vulgarity for its own Sake
Jocularity is to be expected when watching this show, homogeneous to its Comedy Central counterparts located all throughout the channel. However, with most of Comedy Central's shows, there is uniformity and meaning throughout the confines of the series; with Allen Gregory, all that seems to transpire seems to be derived completely out of left-field. That is not to say that this series has its funny moments, but, overall, this ephemeral TV show will only be entertaining to those who enjoy lewd "social commentary" for its ten seconds of guilty pleasure.
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Edgy, and just BAD.
I saw this show and was immediately like: "This is just sad." I didn't like its content, and I thought it was poorly made. Don't even give this show a chance.
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Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
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DONT WATCH IT
Sounds Boring....and I watch Shows Like Regular Show (not bad , u should watch it ;) ) i never watched this show, but it sounds like a show with lots of sex..dont want to see it
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Too much sex
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