Geek Girl

Geeky clumsy shy english teen's unexpected journey onto the catwalk and adulthood.

A well produced, neatly scripted, well cast, 10 part TV series, paced to keep you engaged, not over complicated or unexpected, done with heart and charm. Few characters and most villains are slightly charicatured under developed, but that keeps the focus on a few nicer central people. It borrows the Bridget Jones technique of internal monologue but does it gently, for a PG12 audience.

Simple, nice, fun; the angst and self doubt is done kindly, the necessary flirting done gently.

I enjoyed this, was not sure I would, and can comfortably RECOMMEND.

This is a witty story about a neurodivergent girl trying to navigate life. She is a guileless girl in a world of innuendo, and sarcasm trying to decipher what the rest of us easily comprehend. When she can't read the intentions of those around her, we want to yell warnings to her. Harriet Manners braves the mean girls and boys of her school with innocent aplomb, never quite sure of her herself, not really liking herself very much. When she quite literally falls into stardom, we can't help but cheer her on. We need lots of good, positive, stories like this. Brava Emily Carey for such a good portrayal of your character!

This show had me, I think it's in the second scene, when it portrayed stuff pretty much taken out of my own life. And it just continued delivering that spot-on portrayal of autism.

One detail I love and that not that many shows gets right was that the main character's dad is also on the spectrum, and while I recognized a lot of the main character's experiences, I also recognized a lot of the dad's experiences. It wasn't a perfect match, of course. Every individual have their own experience, even when on the spectrum!

But still, superb research!

This is a comedy, and a bit of a fairy tale, and romantic as well, so some things just isn't going to match most autistic's experiences. Like the main character having a lot of luck, or is it the fashion world being full of neurodivergence?

Most autistic people will have far more dark clouds on their skies than this show suggests, but a lot of the things going on INSIDE the main character, those are very well portrayed.

And no, everything about autism isn't doom and gloom either! So this well researched comedy is very appreciated!

It has good message to empower but unfortunately the world shown is totally unrealistic. It's a feel good show and as one, is making it's purpose.

But also it's giving young people totally unrealistic views: that world turns around them and people in work will make sacrifices for you and wait for your better moods and chase you, etc. Also modelling world, which is ruthless, here is shown as cotton and candies. Problems shown here are nothing in comparison to real world. Also word Geek stopped being stygmatized for a long time now and most young people want to be called like that. It's a pride thing. It means that you're smarter than others.

I binge watched this series and really liked it. It's personal and quirky and full of warm twists and likable characters. The parents were wonderful !

The main character is on the autism spectrum and gives us a really insightful view into what that is like and the challenges people like her face. We need shows about characters like her.

The story may not be that deep or complicated but sometimes that is not needed. Sometimes it is the nuances and the small twirls that count and that is the case here.

Dont let the surprisingly low rating fool you, this is worth watching. It's interesting, touching and gives you food for thought.