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TV Guide

Fans shouldn't expect any revelations, or to leave with a brand new understanding of their favorite celebrity, but it has a lot of heart and might even make you want to go lift a dumbbell.

February 16, 2021

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RogerEbert.com

When Young Rock stops long enough to focus on any one story, it's handled pretty well.

February 15, 2021

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Rolling Stone

Young Rock isn't wildly funny in the early going, but feels as if the laughs will grow bigger the better we get to know the characters.

February 16, 2021

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Variety

Loud though his aspirations are, three episodes of Young Rock gave no further sense of who Johnson is -- only what he wants. That may someday be your vote, but for now, it's your attention, and it can be hard to feel he's earned it.

February 16, 2021

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Reason Online

Young Rock's amiable goofiness draws heavily, and successfully, on the personality of its pleasantly flaky star and subject.

February 16, 2021

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CBR

Luckily, the family sitcom material is endearing and enjoyable, if not exactly hilarious.

February 16, 2021

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

There's a too-crazy-to-be-true quality to Johnson's real-life story that plays well in a TV comedy, but it's wisely leavened with more grounded, vulnerable moments, particularly the warts-and-all portrayal of Johnson's father.

February 11, 2021

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TV Insider

Young Rock comes most fully alive in the stories involving the youngest Rock-to-be, warmly re-creating his charming dad Rocky's (Joseph Lee Anderson) rambunctious pro-wrestling world.

February 16, 2021

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San Francisco Chronicle

[Stacey] Leilua is quite magnetic to watch here, and while everyone in "Young Rock" is pretty perfectly cast, her role, the least showy, is the most compelling surprise.

February 16, 2021

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indieWire

It's also unfortunately rare to see this many people of color on one broadcast TV show, and "Young Rock" benefits from the carefully chosen group filled with distinct, vibrant personalities.

February 16, 2021

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New York Magazine/Vulture

Once Young Rock spins the hands of time backward, the show gets much more fun thanks to Johnson's unusual yet somehow still relatable upbringing and a cast filled with instantly likable actors.

February 16, 2021

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Paste Magazine

The goal of wrestling is entertainment, and Young Rock provides that in spades; it's a sweet show, and earnestly likable. So even if viewers do feel like we're being worked, do we mind?

February 16, 2021

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