Atypical (Netflix) S: Keir Gilchrist, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Rapaport, Brigette Lundy-Paine
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Atypical (Netflix) S: Keir Gilchrist, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Rapaport, Brigette Lundy-Paine
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Jennifer Jason Leigh and Keir Gilchrist are mother and son in Netflix's new heartfelt comedy series, Atypical, a coming-of-age story from the point-of-view of Sam (played by Gilchrist), an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum. Atypical premieres on Netflix Friday, August 11 and today, Netflix debuts this first look clip from the premiere episode -- parents of teenagers will relate. Sam decides it is time to go on a date, find a girlfriend and hopefully love, a journey that sets Sam's mother, Elsa (played by Jason Leigh), on her own life-changing path as her son seeks more independence. Sam's entire family must adjust to change, all while exploring the question: what does it really mean to be "normal"? Michael Rapaport plays Sam's father, Doug, who wants to better connect with and understand his son. Brigette Lundy-Paine plays Sam's scrappy sister, Casey, and Amy Okuda plays his therapist, Julia
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Amy Okuda as Julia
· Brigette Lundy-Paine as Casey
· Jennifer Jason Leigh as Elsa
· Keir Gilchrist as Sam
· Michael Rapaport as Doug
· Nik Dodani as Zahid
· Raśl Castillo as Nick
CREW INFORMATION:
· Jennifer Jason Leigh as PROD
· Mary Rohlich as EP
· Robia Rashid as CRTR/EP
· Seth Gordon as EP/DIR (Pilot)
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Amy Okuda as Julia
· Brigette Lundy-Paine as Casey
· Jennifer Jason Leigh as Elsa
· Keir Gilchrist as Sam
· Michael Rapaport as Doug
· Nik Dodani as Zahid
· Raśl Castillo as Nick
CREW INFORMATION:
· Jennifer Jason Leigh as PROD
· Mary Rohlich as EP
· Robia Rashid as CRTR/EP
· Seth Gordon as EP/DIR (Pilot)
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Can't wait to see this. Pushing the envelope a bit, and that's good. This show looks like it has everything.
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Agree this looks like it has potential - strong cast too. I like the lead, Gilchrist, from Showtime's United States of Tara from a few years back.
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I thought the first episode was great.
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I hate JJL's plastic surgery so much. She looks like a completely different person now.
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Finished this up today. I thought it was really, really good. I very much would tune in for another season, hopefully a little longer than 8 episodes.
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Dig the show, hate the kid coworker at Techtropolis.
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that trailer looked really good. will try this out soon, hopefully...
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Wow, I am really enjoying this show. 15 minutes to go and sad episode 8 is the last one. Having said that I do appreciate that each episode is no longer than 36/37 minutes which with commercials would be a nearly hour long episode anyway. These streaming shows that go past 50 minutes and up to an hour and 5 minutes are a real grind to get through regardless of their quality. It is especially bad if you have 13 episodes to get through as even 10 episodes can also be a genuine grind.
This show is very easy to binge so hopefully a lot of folks give it a try and we get another season.
This show is very easy to binge so hopefully a lot of folks give it a try and we get another season.
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Very well done. Only a little into this, but really gelling. Kid is great. Good ensemble. Good writing and acting...
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binged the first 5 eps at like 1-2 in the morning this morning. great show. fantastic.
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Finished last night. Just great. Never did that with a series before (finish in 2 consecutive nights). Of course, it's only 8 30 or so minute eps, but I loved it. Too short and could have been so much more. The only thing that was a minor distraction was JJL's plastic surgery. You can tell. Still great all around.
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I finished this today and really enjoyed it. I'm usually not a big fan of Michael Rapaport. I think he's a one dimensional actor, but I thought he was really good in this. I hope this gets another eight episode run. Atypical and GLOW have been my favorite new series of 2017.
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Wife and I binged this over the weekend. Great show. JJL does such a great job at playing a character we're supposed to hate.
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Agreed that this was great. Great acting all around. Really hope this gets picked up for another season, 8 episodes seemed to short.
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Enjoyed it, also watched with my wife just finished up last night. Good insight into dealing and living with Autism, thought both the kids were great.
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I don't know if we're supposed to hate JJL's character. She definetly made some poor choices but continually tried to make it right and cared about her family. Anyone else ever get JJL confused with Ally Sheedy? I always have to think of which one it was that played in certain movies like Single White Female or Only the Lonely.
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About halfway through Season 1 and really enjoying this. The kid playing the lead is very good.
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I think is only the second time I've watched a series just because of its billboard ad (SoA was the first). I had no idea what it was about and decided I wanted to find out. It was worth it.
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Just finished. I enjoyed it - even though I felt like I saw some of this stuff with Sheldon on BBT.
One problem I had with it is the casting of the kids - but not due to performance. The actors look their real life age of 24 - making it hard to think of them as 17 and 18 years old.
Also the co-worker at the tech store was pretty cliche.
One problem I had with it is the casting of the kids - but not due to performance. The actors look their real life age of 24 - making it hard to think of them as 17 and 18 years old.
Also the co-worker at the tech store was pretty cliche.
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What plastic surgery has JJL had? To me, she just looks like an older, normally-aged version of the girl from the 80s. Is this alleged surgery documented?