A teenager navigates 1980s Brooklyn with wholesome humor and earnest wit, finding his place in a new world.
Nostalgic. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Prime Video, Hulu, Paramount+, The Roku Channel (free) and Tubi (free).
Mild language and nothing scary, about what a TV-PG should carry.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated TV-PG.
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Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.
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