Adolescence Web Series Review
on Mar 29, 2025
Cast: Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty, Owen Cooper, Faye Marsay, Christine Tremarco, Mark Stanley, Jo Hartley, Amélie Pease
Crew:
Written & Created by Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham
Music by Aaron May, David Ridley
Directed by Philip Barantini
Produced by Jo Johnson
Available on Netflix
No: of Episodes: 04
Language: English
Genre: Crime Drama
Adolescene, the crime drama has been one of the most talked about web-series in recent times. The series has been planned to be short and concise with just 4 episodes. The long single-shot action sequences have mesmerised many with the detailing and the kind of choices the technical team took to overcome the challenge. The performances have also been highly talked about. Let's see if this is all just hype or the web-series is worth all the praise it is receiving.
Plot:
Police arrest a 13-year-old boy Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) from his home as a suspect for the murder of his classmate Katie Leonard (Emilia Holliday). His family doesn't understand why he is being arrested but the police show a tape as evidence, where we see him attacking Katie with a knife. The young boy is sent to a secure training centre. As the police investigate, they get to know that Jamie had been bullied by his classmates on social media. Katie using Instagram and other social media apps called him ugly, and labelled him incel. Jamie internalised his feelings after being humiliated and one day lashes out. His family tries to cope up with this trauma.
Analysis:
The series follows the young boy after his act of fury and rage with a keen eye. It tries to understand how adolescent young people are growing angry, incompassionate and the social media is conditioning their old view dangerously. Also, it talks about how parents are unable to control this phenomenon and school environment is getting more and more toxic. Jamie, a bullied kid, is unable to control his rage and his mysogynystic ideas about women are being uncontrolled and unfiltered.
This series is a big wake up call to everyone who undermines social media bullying and image as just a small thing. The comments that people pass on others without really understanding the situation, can end up troubling deeply. Rather than trying to just talk about the crime, the series concentrates on how a criminal act could be motivated by complex web of emotions that build up to the event.
A 13-year old person's world should be laced with opportunities to understand and appreciate the world rather if they are worried about their image, masculinity and other grown-up stuff. The series talks about how even loving parents can lose the sight of what their kids are going through at different ages. As teenage is the time when most of them form their opinions and shape into their future selves, their understanding about the world is important to know.
The series holds a mirror into the lives of teens through this crime drama. Each and every actor delivered top notch performances while Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller is the main MVP of this series. The third episode gives him the entire runtime to showcase his range and the boy did a phenomenal job. Erin Doherty owns the episode as well along with him and their conversation is the key to understand the whole point of this series.
Director Philip Barantini did a great job in choosing one-shot or oner style narrative as he takes us into the world and we are shocked with each new finding as we watch it. His command over craft is visible and the chaos is brilliantly handled. The craft on display is phenomenal and this is one of the must watch series which will leave you with unbelievable amount of dismay and disbelief but it paints us a perfect picture about how times have changed and are demanding more from parents to develop better purview about the life for their kids.
In Conclusion:
A must watch Gem for craft and content.
Rating: 4/5
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