A brisk, darkly comic animation follows two brothers shaking up suburbia with their revolutionary and misfit antics.
Satirical, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Max.
It stays inside its TV-MA, with moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
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When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago to the upscale neighborhood of Woodcrest (a.k.a. "The Boondocks") so he can enjoy his golden years in safety and comfort. But with Huey, a 10-year-old leftist revolutionary, and his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley, suburbia is about to be shaken up.
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