
I accidentally watched all 8 episodes of this funny & heartfelt show in one sitting, thought there were more lol. It’s about a boy named Sam who’s on the spectrum dealing with everyday life things, like dating, in his own special way. It was honest and quirky & once again, this Netflix Original nailed the casting. Sharing my spoiler-free thoughts on Atypical today.
Keri Gilchrist plays Sam in Atypical and does an excellent job portraying the oddities of his character. I also really liked him in It Follows and It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Another familiar face is Jenna Boyd as Paige, she’s fucking fantastic & played Sally in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star which is an exceptionally underrated movie in my opinion. Although I’ve seen these faces before, the characters felt fresh & honest.
My mum works with kids who have learning disabilities, so I know a bit about autism, but I actually learned a lot while watching this. Not boring learning, they made it interesting to see inside the mind of Sam & used some cool camerawork to do so. I think it’s really cool that they portrayed happy moments, sad moments, hard moments & gave an insight as to how someone on the spectrum might deal with everyday issues. It’s a quirky & cute story about figuring out love & life, whether you’re on the spectrum or not. I absolutely recommend giving this a watch.
p.s. shoutout to Jackie for continuously telling me to watch this until I finally did.
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Another show to add to my watch list! Thanks for the rec 🙂 ❤
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of course! it’s a cute one for sure 😊
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I keep thinking about watching this but not starter it yet.
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my mum just watched it & called me afterwards to talk all about it lol, it’s really cute! give it a watch 🙂
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I will do :). Thanks. Just finishing “The end of the F’ing world”. I almost switched off as the start is very dark but I left it on and started to like the complex characters.
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that one is REALLY good too! just finished watching that one 😊
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Plus the comedy in it was great too
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Yea a great show it gives u a real inside look on how people who live with slight differences live their daily life
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yes, exactly! a very good watch 😊
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