Sweet Tooth

I feel that I was needing this show. Although the environment is familiar with the one we're living on (a world pandemic), this show warms our hearts with friendship, innocence and hope. The story is binge worthy at the same time you always get the feeling that everything is gonna be okay. And that's so refreshing. I was very surprised with how good the show is.

Rated after Season 1. Hoping S2 keeps up!

Very interesting take on a pandemic, yet a very endearingly. Acting is superb and good storyline. Manages to appeal to a large age range. I didn't give the show enough credit when I first watched the previews. Far better than it appears. Give it a try. It's enjoyable.

I'm not sure wtf happened between season one and season two, but the show has taken a nosedive in quality. The costumes are goofy, the plot is all over the place, the kid actors besides Gus are literally some of the worst characters put to screen (pEEeTeR). They are comically wooden and one dimensional, we get it there is an elephant kid. Also why do all of the hybrid kids look like they were dressed by the crew of 1970s Sesame Street? The Becky side story is painful to watch, general abbot has 0 charisma. The show focuses on every character except Big Man and Gus, who are literally THE reason anyone is watching this show, and in doing so it completely loses any sense of tone or coherency.

Plot

A boy who is half human and half deer survives in a post-apocalyptic world with other hybrids.

Cast

Nonso "Zoo" Anozie is stupidly likeable as always, Adeel "Utopia" Akhtar is fantastic, James Brolins narration exceeded my expectations, Will Forte was less annoying than usual (He should stick to straight roles), Neil Sandilands and Rosalind Chao were great villains and the kids varied from great to exactly what you expect from child actors.

Verdict

I had zero intention of watching Sweet Tooth, it wound up being my other halves choice and I wasn't exactly excited going in. Why? Because you look at anything relating to the show and it looks like it's aimed at kids, it revolves around a little boy with antler for crying out loud. So I assumed that was the demographic and I don't like kids at the best of times and 99% of the time will find kids in movies/tv shows totally obnoxious especially in lead roles. I expected the worst, I didn't get it.

You see Sweet Tooth is not what you think, it's not a kid show at all. It deals with dark themes, it has violence, it has a level of gore, it has profanity, it's very deceiving and blows away your preconceptions.

It took a couple of episodes before I was truly sold but once I was, I was gripped. Our leading kid is exceptional and not obnoxious as I expected, the supporting cast really make the show especially the uber likable Anozie . The story is simply epic and gradually plays out of the 3 seasons to a powerful finale, it's emotionally hard hitting, well acted, charming, endearing and I was excited to boot up each subsequent episode as nothing felt like a filler, everything has a purpose and I was positively enamored with the universe that was unveiling before my eyes.

Sweet Tooth is not what you think but you know what it is? Well worth your time.

Rants

Taste is subjective, I respect this fact but when you see 1 star reviews it does raise an eyebrow, or two. You see I find almost every 1 star and 10 star review very bias, dishonest and quite frankly melodramatic. In what universe can you call this a 1 star? And yet lots of reviews do. I'm in awe, bad writing? Bad acting? Makes no sense? All the complaints make no sense, I don't get it. I'm left feeling something "Offended" them in this world of absurd outrage, either that or they need to watch more stuff and see what a 1 star really looks like. Go watch Birdemic (2010), go watch The Zombinator (2012) these are 1 star!

The Good

Great cast So very charming A wonderful seamless journey through the 3 seasons Actually has an ending in a world where most shows are prematurely cancelled Looks stunning

The Bad

A couple of the kids are your usual brand of obnoxious Some animal cruelty elements I didn't appreciate Very inconsistent tones.

First, the virus in the show is beyond ridiculous, even for a comic book. They ask A LOT from the viewer to accept this. I almost didn't watch the show because I thought it was just too stupid. I'm very glad I gave it a chance. Within the first 20 minutes I was hooked. The story telling, plot and characters are just well thought out and interesting. I always wanted to know what happened next. I also came to realize that the virus and how crazy it is was just a very interesting set up to be able to create a lot of intriguing situations. It isn't perfect by any means though. Sometimes the costumes look a little cheesy. It also can be a bit kiddish from time to time, though at other times it is definitely very "adult". It's like they couldn't decide exactly what age demographic they wanted to go for, so did a little of everything (I wouldn't recommend it for kids under 13 at the very least). All that said I'd definitely recommend it. It was a fun ride with some situations that you'll find yourself thinking deeply about without even realizing it.