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By James Poniewozik. May 28, 2020. Central Park. NYT Critic’s Pick. New York City needs its parks in any summer, but never more than now. Shared spaces of play, sun, respite and peace (and yes...
Central Park: Created by Loren Bouchard, Josh Gad, Nora Smith. With Tituss Burgess, Daveed Diggs, Josh Gad, Kathryn Hahn. This animated musical series tells the story of how a family of caretakers who live and work in Central Park end up saving the park--and basically the world.
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94% Tomatometer 47 Reviews 72% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Owen Tillerman and his family live an unconventional life in New York's bustling Central Park, which Owen manages; now, they'll have to...
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- Apple TV's Central Park: Season 1
- Verdict
By Leif Johnson
Updated: May 31, 2020 2:05 pm
Posted: May 31, 2020 2:00 pm
The following is a spoiler-free review for the first two episodes of Central Park Season 1, which is now streaming on Apple TV+.
For all of the money Apple has been pumping into its still-infant delivery service, we’ve yet to see many shows that radiate with enough creativity to pull our attention from Apple TV+’s more established competitors. Central Park, though, is one of those shows. It’s an animated comedy, which is nothing new in itself, but get this: It’s also a full-blown musical with all only a handful of spoken lines dropped before its cast bursts into songs about everything from superheroes to scooping poop.
Its art style is an instant tip-off that it’s from some of the same folks who gave us Bob’s Burgers, but Apple’s massive cash piles allow it to be animated with a fluidity we never saw in co-producer Loren Bouchard’s previous show. For one of the first times on Apple TV, here’s an example of Apple putting all that money to excellent use.
It’s worth watching Central Park for the quality of its animation and its pun-laden musical numbers alone. It deserves critical attention, though, for the way it uses these elements to tackle important contemporary issues. Central Park tends to start with a foundation of familiar and comfortable concepts like teenage love and job dissatisfaction and then uses them to springboard into commentaries on the ways that, say, some of our most precious institutions exist only thanks to a fragile thread of legislation.
To its great credit, Central Park never knocks you over the head with these messages. Much as Apple TV+ did with its wonderful series Little America, it instead subtly communicates these ideas through empathy and shared experiences with the characters rather than through direct lecturing. The approach works more often than not.
In this era of social distancing and general uncertainty, Central Park also works as a powerful reminder of the importance and vitality of shared public spaces and, for that matter, the messy compromises we sometimes need to make in order for our communities to flourish. Sometimes, Central Park suggests, you simply have to deal with the fact that you’re going to have to pick up some trash. On the other hand, I admire that Central Park seems to be building to a conclusion that argues that some things shouldn’t be compromised.
If there’s one thing that almost all of Apple TV+ shows have had in common until this point, it’s that they take a couple of episodes to put the pieces in place and then the really good episodes — the ones that leave the best impressions — drop later in the season. Based on the two episodes of Central Park available at premiere, that’s true of this series, too. The difference is that few of Apple TV+’s shows have pulled off that approach so successfully, to the point that I’m now eager to see what Bouchard and his buddies have in store for us for the next few Fridays going forward. This is a beautiful and rewatchable setup, filled as much with heart as it is with scatological jokes. It’s also optimistic, and right now, that’s a welcome gift.
Central Park kicks off with a similar narrative and stylistic foundation as Bob’s Burgers, but it distinguishes itself with an enthusiastic musical format that’s packed with humor and catchy tunes. The first two episodes focus too heavily on scene-setting to determine much of what’s in store for the rest of the season, but they exude enough warmth ...
Central Park has received acclaim from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 94% based on 47 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "With warmth, wit, and a pitch perfect ensemble, Central Park is a joyously hilarious musical love letter to the Big Apple."
May 29, 2020 · Criticism. Shows. ‘Central Park’ Review: Loren Bouchard’s Good-Natured Musical for Apple TV+ Is Ambitious to a Fault. The "Bob's Burgers" creator crams all his favorite things — animation!...
It's a fun show with great characters, a supportive loving family, Daveed Diggs and some great stories. I believe this show deserves a much higher rating than the one it has. I guess people just feel very strongly about singing...? 67 out of 73 found this helpful. Was this review helpful?
