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Reboot of the TV series centering on a new generation of New York private school teens using social media to spread gossip.
1968, Canada
4 January 1956, Charleston, West Virginia, USA
16 December 1961, St. Augustine, Florida, USA
17 May 1979, Velzeke, Flanders, Belgium
October 9, 1988 in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
20 July 1963, Syracuse, New York, USA
July 06, 2021
The wrinkles conjured under showrunner Joshua Safran, a writer-producer on the original, are filled with miscalculations, while much of the cast feels conspicuously unconvincing as "teens."
July 06, 2021
It's too hard to grasp the stakes of nü Gossip Girl, to understand what the consequence of each Instagram ploy or calamity actually is. It all plays pretty meandering and weightless so far; there's no suspense.
July 06, 2021
The new "Gossip Girl" succeeds because it one-ups its ancestor. It's outrageous, silly and absolutely addictive.
July 06, 2021
The ups and downs, the storm and the calm, the love and the hate - that's what this show needs, and the opening episodes just aren't there yet.
July 06, 2021
Gossip Girl burns through more story in the first four episodes than the original did before February sweeps (Google it, kids) - and as a result, too much of that story feels half-baked.
July 06, 2021
It wants to find a way to do a show that is very clearly about bullying while still having its lead stand on a stage in front of her peers and disavow bullying and apologize for doing it to another girl. And I respect that.
July 06, 2021
Gossip Girl (2021) has a stellar cast, but the new series fails to capture the magic the original did off the bat when it burst onto the scene in 2007.
July 06, 2021
Gossip Girl 2.0 is too afraid to let you see the cracks in the characters, instead seemingly holding them up on a pedestal.
July 07, 2021
While actual teen audiences may prefer HBO Max's other teen-focused series, fans of the original Gossip Girl will find plenty to enjoy here.
July 06, 2021
Though it has all the right aesthetic trappings and a young cast chock full of talent, Gossip Girl lacks the fire and the cutthroat mentality of the original that made it such captivating, love-to-hate-it TV.
July 06, 2021
Without any interior drama from the characters or exterior commentary about their place in society, "Gossip Girl" 2.0 feels as glossy, buttoned up, and boring as its influencer's Instagram page.
July 06, 2021
HBO Max's reboot of Gossip Girl is half bland rehash of the soapy beats from the original series and half perplexing but semi-ambitious premise-overhaul that the series isn't prepared to fully engage in.
