Euphoria

I'll make this review short: excellent acting, excellent directing, excellent visuals.

The only thing that is really bad is that it's soooo out of reality. They created a fake world of teenagers being always on the edge, too much drugs, too much sex. 17 year old students played by much older actors it just creates an unrealistic image of life and i hope no actual teens taking notes from it.

I'm loving this show and the issues it explores, however, I do not believe the content jibes with a high school age cast of characters. I believe it would have better and more realistically been explored in a college setting... Nevertheless, I give the show a 9 because it is very well done and crosses a lot of boundaries in TV making. Thanks to HBO

If today's teenagers are really this vapid, shallow, self-involved and absurd, the world is in deep, deep trouble. Obviously, these teenagers are incredibly affluent. How could an "average" teenager begin to afford the disgusting outfits these girls wear? You know not everything is about sex in high school, right? Depressing AF.

As the father of a teenage girl, I find this very hard to watch, but essential. I have to have several sessions to get through to the end of each episode. These situations ARE real, but maybe don't all occur at the same place and in the same period of time, as they have been put together here for dramatic effect.

Other reviews here are written from the point-of-view of "is it entertaining". I'm writing this with the view of it as docufiction, and I don't apologise for giving 10/10 as such, not as entertainment.

I honestly wasn't sure that I would stick with this show; and I'm still unsure, BUT I'm happy that I've given it time. I like Rue, but she's terrifying. I've known Rue's, and it's a story that needs telling. It's a warning shot that may or may not be recognized as such. It's a difficult show to watch because your watching teenagers self destruct, and honey, it's graphic. There is a lot of trauma. It's like Brett Easton Ellis's Rules of Attraction meets Harmony Korine and a little Larry Clark (ick on the last one).

Why have I stuck with it? I got invested in the characters. I feel like I have to see Rue's story out. I don't see it as being glamorized as much as the audience is more desensitized than they probably should be, this day in age.

Warning. This show is loaded with triggers. Pay attention to the content warnings. It is harsh and it is graphic. It's teenagers making every imaginable bad decision that could easily end with them dying a terrible death. If this were real life, they would probably be dead. If your impressionable be honest with yourself.

No half decent parent would let their teenager watch this.