Kim's Convenience (2016)

Watchseries; I really enjoyed watching this show, especially since I've watched many dramas on Netflix this year. I loved all the diverse friends/store customers/church folks/ and car rental crew! Most seasons were funny and you could see characters grow and learn. The last season was terrible. It left me thinking What? Sad to see a good show end suddenly without completing everyone's story and with the characters not being true to their personality. Too bad.

I really enjoyed watching this show, especially since I've watched many dramas on Netflix this year. I loved all the diverse friends/store customers/church folks/ and car rental crew! Most seasons were funny and you could see characters grow and learn. The last season was terrible. It left me thinking What? Sad to see a good show end suddenly without completing everyone's story and with the characters not being true to their personality. Too bad.

Kim's Convenience watchseries. I can only see this story through my own biased eyes. It's beautiful to know that others can relate regardless of where you're from.

It's about a Canadian story from the1980s when many convenience stores were Korean owned. Before them, it was the Italians and Jewish communities, which must have had their own versions of zany patriotic parents and teenage kids wanting to "fit in". Glad to see this story woven into the fabric of our country and I hope a wider audience can connect with the stories and characters.

My Korean family lived on top of a convenience store in Roncesvalles and I used to joke: "when I'm at school, I'm in Canada - at home, I'm in Korea."

The story does well to use Mr. Kim's motherland mindset against the backdrop of modern Toronto (e.g. "the discount") without being over the top. Other scenes like the preening between the ladies at church could be any temple, office, or gym. The actors and the dialogue are in a solid comedic rhythm, bouncing along happily.

Looking forward to the rest of the season!

Ill admit 5 seconds in I was almost offended but immediately it laid into jokes not about racial caricatures but about family and life for korean-americans. Theres a charming honesty to it that begs me to believe the players are real. There's a part in the first episode where the mr kims inquires as to why a drag queen chooses to live the way they do and its not funny. I mean theres no any joke. The whole scene has warmth. They pick and choose where to make us laugh and theres no laugh track thank god. Im hooked.

As part Asian and a big fan of TV shows this of course is a show for me. These days it seems very hard to make a comedy that's actually funny, but believe me, there were some laughs that you could here if you listen good.

For me this means everything for a comedy show, because in shows like The Big Bang or Silicon Valley the jokes are just not that funny. You hear the laughing tape and you think... this was a joke?

I am also a big fan of Fresh off the Boat and after two episodes this comes close, not really close, but close, because that is really one of my favorite comedy shows right now.

So I gave it a 9, maybe I would say a 8, but for a comedy that is actually funny these days I believe they deserve a 9. By the way, anyone else thinks Janet looks like a Korean Yvonne Strahovski?

I was highly impressed by by Kim's Convenience. Characters both main and supporting are all very strong and well written -- meaning all of them can definitely hold their own story lines in episodes. I absolutely loved when the writers would have story lines which would focus on one of the main characters as well as supports (need more Mr. Kim and Kimchi adventures!).

All in all this is one of the most wholesome shows on TV I've enjoyed in a long time; definitely fun for the whole family!

This show lives up to my hopes! The Kim family's smiling faces have been showing up everywhere in Toronto the past few weeks, and after seeing the original play the series was based on I was thrilled to see what started as a gem from the Fringe reach a broader audience nation- wide.

Kim's convenience is fun, full or heart, and the series is finding its stride more and more with each episode. It's rooted in a flawed but deeply loving family and these relationships are so relate-able. I find this so much more satisfying than the typical family sitcom about about ultra-rich or ultra-poor families portrayed as 'just your average family.' Kim's Convenience, in being true to its characters, finds an honesty that's refreshing.