What I Like About You
What I Like About You
TV-PG | 20 September 2002 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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  • Reviews
    avayahp

    I have never heard so much squealing in a show. The girls seem to be some sort of dolphin species. The men are OK, without spine, but OK. At 1am when there's nothing else to watch, sure, you can put up with this. Holly is more self centered than is absolutely necessary. OK, to be honest it's a really crappy show. Then again I watched a couple of episodes so it can't be too bad. Just make sure you are super bored when you watch this.....and try to ignore the "little girl" voices of the female cast. Holly dresses really well though. It's watching a bunch of adults have relationships in the sort of way that high schoolers would. Garth is not a comedic actress.......she must have been broke or something to commit to this series. then again she hasn't done much since 90210.

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    liquidcelluloid-1

    Network: WB; Genre: Sitcom, Teen; Content Rating: TV-PG (some suggested sexual content); Perspective: Contemporary (star range: 1 - 4); Seasons Reviewed: Complete Series (4 seasons) Since I'm not an 11-year-old girl, the exclusive demographic this show is catered to, fans of "What I Like About You" can take the following with a grain of salt.Creator Dan Schneider took Amanda Bynes from being a regular on Nickelodeon's kid-sketch series "All That" (which we now know as a breeding ground for the annoying child stars of yesteryear to become the annoying movie stars of tomorrow), and into her own spin-off kid variety series, "The Amanda Show". Even though "Amanda" was greeted with a fair amount of detest and revulsion from its own demo, it did well enough to let Bynes proceed up and off the Nickelodeon ladder.Now, Schneider successfully transitions Bynes away from her Nickelodeon roots and into an adult, or at least teenage, network series. "What I Like About You" is a "real show". It has a glossy sitcom intro, traditional sitcom stories and pairs Bynes up with a real ex-cast member of "Beverly Hills, 90210" in Jennie Garth.Yes, I could have started this review explaining the premise, that "You" is about two opposite-minded sisters whose age gap is bridged when they have to move in together after their father skips the country and leaves free-spirited Holly (Bynes) with straight-laced, New York, Val (Garth). But that doesn't quite do it. "You" is really just a star vehicle for Bynes, set on convincing the world that she is the next great comic genius. Your enjoyment of the show will be directly tied to whether or not the sight of Amanda Bynes tearing around the set, mugging, screaming and throwing the pitch of her voice up and down leaves you on the floor in stitches.With this one goal in mind, "You" is a self-indulgent, ear-screeching, studio audience sitcom about stupid people doing stupid things and getting involved in stupid situations that any audience member could think their way out of in 10 seconds. The best thing I can say here is that, while it may create a painful wince, it isn't offensive. But everything about it is recycled with a bargain-basement laziness. It works manically, in a transparently contrived attempt to seem cute and spunky. The livelier it is the more people might not notice that it is totally empty. It is broad stuff, trying to be screwball comedy.Fans won't care, the series plays to its audience loyally and I can't fault it for that, but everybody else steer clear. Anyone over the age of 12 will find this to be a quintessentially worthless sitcom: a 1-star show with 1-star writing, 1-star acting, a 1-star concept and 1-dimensional characters.Girls growing up with Bynes will probably appreciate seeing her in more "adult" situations (for the WB and Nickelodeon, that is) and won't mind that "You" becomes a straight-out Tween version of "Friends". Over the course of 4 seasons, Holly faces the highs and lows of relationships. Holly is paranoid and confused of the actions of the boys she dates. "You" grabs the nearest clichés it can reach and uses them to propel itself through the seasons. It becomes an interminable cycle of endless break-ups and get-togethers, the final lap consumed with a "Friends"-style, back-and-forth relationship between Holly and Vince (Nick Zano) as well as Val and firefighter Vic (Dan Cortese) with the predictable endings. Oh yes, amid the slapstick, "You" doesn't waste an opportunity to pour on schmaltzy sentiment about romantic or sisterly love.Backing up Bynes and Garth is the usual sitcom group of friends, the most notable being 3rd season regular Leslie Grossman, who now finds herself in the wacky, sexually-eccentric friend role after making big waves as a volcano of discovered talent on the WB's brief flirt-with-teen-brilliance, "Popular". A total waste.I just watched HBO's "Unscripted" in which an "All That" casting director says that Krista Allen's son isn't funny and she, rightly, storms back in to tell the woman off. But there is an age where being told you aren't funny is constructive criticism and given that she has now graduated to the big screen, it is safe to say that Amanda Bynes is past that age.* / 4

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    Fredrik Olsson

    Well, what can you say about sitcoms. There often quite lame, morale dedicative, and just plain. So is this show! It got a boring cast, although A.Bynes is okej in her perky way, the rest is just stereotypical crap....as always. We have all seen it before, and will probably see it all over again when this show is cancelled. Cause, lets face it, its a mediocre and self righteous show. As the most sitcoms are....Well, in short. If you wanna see some good entertainment, you can rather take a twenty minute pause in front of the mirror. Do some faces and move on.... Its more entertaining than this show!

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    goldengate_88

    I was suprised how Amanda Bynes do a great job. I've always thought that she was kinda like Hilary Duff, suck at acting, but this is really funny. Jennie Garth is ok, but I can't relate to her at all, her character's personality in the show is split.I love the jokes, so original.It's simply a funny show!

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