Season 5 – Fuller House

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SkyRo P @TheMovieSearch 02/16/2025 As I tuned into the spinoff series "Fuller House," which brings back beloved characters from the iconic '90s show "Full House," it was heartwarming to see these familiar faces revived on screen, even if it is now through a streaming platform. However, the series lacked the vibrant energy that characterized the original show, leading to a fair amount of criticism. This backlash not only stemmed from the dynamics among the cast but also from some questionable character choices throughout the series. Let's start with DJ, played by Candace Cameron Bure. Her public persona and political views often overshadow her character, making it challenging for fans to connect with DJ as they once did in the '90s. While it's essential to separate the actress from her role, it's tough to ignore the impact of Bure's real-life actions on how we perceive DJ. Nonetheless, she does manage to capture DJ's quirky spirit and navigates her love life with a refreshing flair. Jodie Sweetin shines as Stephanie, bringing depth and emotional complexity to her character, which is enjoyable to watch. It's puzzling that the Olsen twins didn't reprise their roles; perhaps they were approached but opted out. On a brighter note, Kimmy Gibbler's return is a delight, with the same actress stepping back into her iconic role. It was also touching to see the original cast members like Bob Saget as Danny Tanner before his tragic passing, alongside Uncle Jesse, Uncle Joey, and Aunt Becky, all reprising their roles from the '90s. Their return added a nostalgic charm and helped create a new dynamic alongside the newer characters. Overall, I found "Fuller House" to be a decent watch. While it may not reach the heights of its predecessor, it offers a fun experience with its short episodes packed with comedic moments. Fans may miss the original concept of three men raising children, but this iteration focuses on Stephanie, DJ, and Kimmy navigating their lives with partners, which adds a different twist to the storyline. I enjoyed the show, but I don't often revisit it, primarily because I'm not a fan of Candace. If she weren't part of the series, I would likely watch it more frequently, much like how I enjoy "The Conners" despite my dislike for Roseanne. See more Ed R @JustcallmeER 10/12/2024 It was time to come to an end. Way to pull it together! See more 07/08/2020 A solid end to the sequel season. Heres to young the children make this fullest house in 25 years. See more 06/23/2020 There are definitely viewers that will find themselves too cool to enjoy Fuller House...and that's OK...but they might have missed a lot. It's meant to be good family fun for those looking for good family fun, but many professional critics, in what seems like an effort to be intellectually heady and super savvy, miss how smart it really is and why it actually appeals to so many people...and I can back that up. 1) Nostalgia (Full House) - it does harken back to its own roots, which endeared it to two generations at the same time...the kids (and teens) that grew up with the Tanners and the parents of those kids and teens. It is a classic, because the audience has declared it a classic by returning to Fuller House and (by and large) continuing to watch through its seasons...No critic can take that away with a review - it's been earned the good old fashioned way. We'll see in another 20 years - it may just have added a third generation of viewers to the Tanner Family. 2) Nostalgia in general - Fuller House has enough cultural, generational humor to appeal to multiple generations. Everybody gets their own set of inside jokes, which they can keep to themselves or use in their own families to talk about 'when they're generation was the young generation'. It also gives a laugh, when each of those generations realizes how much of their own culture has been up-cycled from previous generations. 3) It seeks to reflect family & succeeds: It honors the family, and families are layers of quirkiness that simultaneously belong to each member and to each generation that they inhabited...and it mirrors real families (albeit with great exaggeration, so it's made visible to viewers) as one generation becomes the next and has to learn: to take on that new mantle, to come to understand and appreciate the challenges and value and values of those that carried it before them, and to simultaneously grow themselves while in that position and responsibly guide those coming behind them. 4) Everyone is quirky/Everyone is gifted/Everyone is flawed: Fuller House makes fun of every character, and lifts and humbles each of them in an era where most of us firmly put ourselves on a pedestal and stay there. There's fallout from that in life, but the product is better. It asks us to look at ourselves, be gentle (but realistic) with ourselves, and be gentle (but realistic) with others. The characters don't ask for affirmation and agreement on everything and they don't get it, but they don't lose each other because of those disagreements. 5) There is some hidden adult humor. To clarify that, there are a lot of shows and movies where the "adult humor" is so overt that it actually attempts to expose children to inappropriate things too fast, and has the teens that grew up too fast included in those who get the joke. In Fuller House, there is truly adult humor that only full-fledged adults will get and it's edgy. It's meant to be truly veiled to anyone not well into adulthood. (It's a little like Sponge Bob was in that respect - if you don't know what I mean try rewatching that - if you still don't know what I mean, revisit it every 10 years until you do - and you will eventually.) It's smart, because that isn't easy to do, but critics miss that corny hides canny (and often corny also hides wise). That is something critics and Hollywood in general continually missed in some great sleeper shows and movies that leave them occasionally scratching their heads about the success of some family programming (much from the past and a few gems over the last 25-30 years). 6) It doesn't take itself too seriously, even though there is a lot to unpack...and that is a breath of fresh air. One of the saddest things I heard in life was when one my kids was about 3 or 4 and one of the older kids at a get-together came in and teased her and the other little kids for watching a "baby show". Then I heard her repeat that to another child shortly after and realized she was now self-conscious of being simple or silly and she was passing on to others that damage and shame that had been unfairly placed on her little shoulders and would remain, as wounds often do for years to come...what a huge loss of potential joy by being jaded...reading some of the critics reviews feels a bit like seeing the fruits of that kind of experience. 7) Fuller House Season 5 - Culture/Values - This season adds some gentle commentary. It nods at some of the cultural conversations of the day and doesn't ask viewers to agree or disagree, but to take a moment to think, while asking them once again to see people as individuals and value them for who they are and where they are and what they contribute simply because they exist, while recognizing that they have their own dreams and inclinations and that there is value in letting your life influence theirs, in letting their life influence yours, and then respecting certain boundaries of autonomy that keep the mutual appreciation intact and not making it dependent on absolute agreement. This isn't new to the show, there have been more subtle nods to this throughout the previous four seasons, but they really bring it to the forefront in this season. Regarding values, it also illustrates how our position in the family changes our perceptions and should...because adults can't become parents, while still thinking and acting like teens...and yet parents ushering teens into adulthood, have to release them to both the rewards and hardships of adult decisions that will shape and reshape them until they emerge on the other side, ready to be the parents and grandparents of a new generation...and so the cycle goes. Fuller House brings these truths 'Full Circle' in Season 5. See more 06/08/2020 I enjoyed the show and the characters. I was disappointed by the last episode and felt it could have been stronger. See more Jrock16 M @Jrock16 06/02/2020 I think we could have gotten a few more seasons out of this show but I felt they did it justice in the farewell episodes. See more Read all reviews

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