caarrrllyy
honestly i cant tell you how badly i am hooked on this show. Although i feel like i cheated because it took me so long to even realize that this show even existed. One of my all time favorite actresses is Missy Peregrym even thought she hasn't been in much. what made me look into this show was her. After seeing her in stick it (without seeing the show ) it was really weird but so awesome to see her in a way more feminine and romantic roll. its weird that thats the way she kind of transitioned. At first i was really questionable about the cast and they way that there chemistry went together but it was definitely a show that dragged me in and made me realize that this is one of the coolest shows i've ever seen. If they do continue this show, which that most likely wont, due to the fact that none of them look like high schoolers but if they do continue it if the original cast don't return with the show then its pointless. we watched the show for the drama but we stayed with the show for the actors. This show is so realistic and has taught me so much. please please do not remake this show if in fact the original cast does not return. if they do i can usurer you that it will cont to be a great show. Continue what a lot of people call the show of life. to end my comment, this is an amazing show and if it continues i will praise you forever!!
pney321
this show has been one even probably the best teen show ever it's so real and no fake like the co which was on the same time as it, everything they did was things that happened with real people and I am very disappointed in it getting canceled. Sean Faris and the rest of the cast were awesome and the soundtrack was so good too. At least the DVD is coming out with the episodes that were shown and a couple not seen if it was possible I would love for another show like this to come but I know it will never be the same and I am mad that they left us hanging on not knowing what happens with some things. Even though I have been done with high school for a couple years the things that they think of and act out is so close the closest out of anything I have watched.
liquidcelluloid-1
Network: ABC; Genre: Teen Drama; Content Rating: TV-14 (for frank, pervasive sexual content, language); Classification: Contemporary (star range: 1 - 4); Season Reviewed: Complete Series (1 season) For those, like myself, who view "Freaks and Geeks" as the godfather of the high school series, "Life As We Know It" is an intriguing pinch on the arm. Created by "Freaks" producers Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, "Life" doesn't quite recreate the magic of "Freaks", but it does come to the material with the same level of knowledge about its subjects and respect for its characters and audience. It is much better than the average Fox or WB teen drama.Based on Melvin Burgess' novel "Doing It", "Life", delves into that recently network discarded demographic: teenage boys. More specifically, the hormone-driven slavery to have sex that occupies the minds of teenage boys. And "Life" does something else: it gives these boys their balls back. After being neutered for years on other teen drams our heroes here aren't feminized, sensitive, wimps falling in love. They are carnal, but not 1-dimensional jerks.Balancing all of this are Sean Faris, Jon Foster and Chris Lowell as our three leads. The success and believability of the show rests on their shoulders and they carry the load all the way to the show's premature end. Faris' Dino is the school jock who breaks up with his girlfriend Jackie (Missy Peregrym) (both of whom have their own equally devastating family problems) and ends up the seemingly last person in school to have sex. Lowell's Johnathan finds himself in a sexual relationship with his best friend, Deborah (Kelly Osbourne) who isn't the type of girl he picture himself with, and Foster's Ben gets the most unbelievable storyline of them all.The other girls are fully realized as well and given roles more complex than they would be on another show. More care and heart is put into this show than simply a desire to parade around scantly clad teens for titillation's sake (I'm looking at you, Fox). Jessica Lucas stands out in the experience "American Pie" role. But the big surprise here is Kelly Osbourne who makes a star turn from reality show brat to near pitch-perfect actress. Osbourne is a revelation.Because Sachs and Judah are involved "Life" becomes a rare place to see former "Freaks" alumni: Becky Ann Baker, Samm Levine, Busy Phillips & Natasha Melnick appear in guest starring roles, the former two limited to a single line per episode. It's hard to believe these people can't get work in anything but a Sachs/Judah production.The show is visually stylish with an effectively used gimmick: a time-freezing effect that allows the boys to break the fourth wall and deliver their inner monologue in a way that manages to be different from "Malcolm in the Middle" and other character-narrated shows. These aren't Golly-Gee "Saved by the Bell" teenagers either. What they say is dialog written like adults and put in the mouths and spun by teenagers.Sachs and Judah have gone against the grain in creating a teen series that is stylish, edgy, humorous, intelligent and honest to the point that it might be uncomfortable for the older audience demos. When the show moves away from school and into the home it begins to suffer. An original beat comes as Dino learns that his Mom (Lisa Darr, "Popular") is cheating on his dad (D.B. Sweeney). It takes the traditional gender blame roles for a ride, but Dino's outwardly emotional reaction feels unrealistic for the character. Wouldn't a guy like this push the emotions down until it exploded at a later date instead of whining and crying melodramatically all the time? That would be more authentic. The show's craziest story involves Ben having a secret affair with a hot young teacher (Marguerite Moreanu). You'd think that after "Dawson's Creek" turned this story into a parodied cliché of the high school series Sachs and Judah would have known better.It amazes me that intelligent, working adults can't miss "One Tree Hill" or "The OC" but when a good teen series comes along - like "Freaks", "Undeclared" and now "Life as We Know It" - they can't be bothered. "Life" managed to pull my attention from "The Apprentice", which was a feat by itself, capturing high school life the way it is now. The casting lessons learned on "Freaks" are once again applied successfully: get a great cast, let them bond and improvise and the show will spring together from that. If "Life" is a more tradition teen/high school series than Paul Fieg or Judd Apatow's were, that only puts it in a genre where it is head and shoulders above the competition. If ABC had the guts or confidence they would have thrown some of that "Lost" or "Desperate Housewives" money into this, put it up against any other teen/high school drama on the air and challenged them to an open street fight. They could have really made something out of this. If they wanted to.* * * / 4
tnb7845
Since day one the first 5 five minutes I was Hooked. It is honest, and real. It is like the wonder years of today .. It doesn't matter if it was Wally and the Beaver, or Kevin and Paul, the 60's or the 70's. These were issues then and are still issues today. It's about time we see a realistic look into the teenage boys mind.Great plots, Great characters, great show. Can't say enough about it. It has made me cry, it has had me laughing till my side hurt. It IS Life today as we know it.. I do however think because of the content of the show it should be on at a later time. I do not like the new time slot at all..Other than that. I live for Thursday nights >>>
