I have been taping the weekly episodes since this series was first released and just recently Ms. Shullivan and I decided to sit down and see what this series "Kim's Convenience" had to offer. Boy oh boy were we in for a big surprise! It sometimes takes a few episodes before an audience gets into the rhythm of a comedy series but such was not the case with Kim's Convenience. We just loved it from the very first episode.
It must be said that the entire Kim family from Appa (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) who is the dad, Umma (Jean Yoon) who is the mom, Janet (Andrea Bang) who is the faithful daughter who works in the store, lives upstairs with her parents and goes to an arts school, and the estranged son/brother Jung (Simu Liu) who felt he had to leave his parents home because as a young adult he was a bit of a bad boy, all have a unique personality. But combined....BAM!!!! This is a winner of a TV sitcom which I am sure will be picked up by a major U.S. network if they have any sense of what sells at all.
Personally, my favorite family member is the mom Umma played by Jean Yoon who combines a bit of the old Korean traditions with a whimsical sense of Canadiana in her behaviors as well as with her "sometime yes, and sometimes no" acceptance with her two children's choices in life with school, work and their friends. Appa and Umma have raised their daughter and son quite well in the city of Toronto Ontario Canada by working long hours in their corner convenience store and of course there is an eclectic group of customers who come in to the store daily and ultimately into the live's of the Kim family.
I also must give high praise to the series writers whose weekly episodes are so different, typically focus on alternate family members each week, as well as on the Kim families store customers, and/or their friends and family members. Ms. Shullivan and I are big fans of the CBC's Murdoch Mystery TV series (Read my full review on this series as well) which combines superior mysteries, with historical and witty stories of the city of Toronto at the turn of the 19th century. Now CBC has also delivered to their viewing audience just a fantastic comedy series that shows such great potential for growing its audience globally and we in the Canadian market are oh so proud to call it one of our own successes.
Ms. Shullivan and I just love it and the weekly episodes writing is so much better than a lot of the U.S. comedy canned laughter filled series that are on the air polluting our television sets. I give this TV comedy series a perfect 10 out of 10.
It must be said that the entire Kim family from Appa (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) who is the dad, Umma (Jean Yoon) who is the mom, Janet (Andrea Bang) who is the faithful daughter who works in the store, lives upstairs with her parents and goes to an arts school, and the estranged son/brother Jung (Simu Liu) who felt he had to leave his parents home because as a young adult he was a bit of a bad boy, all have a unique personality. But combined....BAM!!!! This is a winner of a TV sitcom which I am sure will be picked up by a major U.S. network if they have any sense of what sells at all.
Personally, my favorite family member is the mom Umma played by Jean Yoon who combines a bit of the old Korean traditions with a whimsical sense of Canadiana in her behaviors as well as with her "sometime yes, and sometimes no" acceptance with her two children's choices in life with school, work and their friends. Appa and Umma have raised their daughter and son quite well in the city of Toronto Ontario Canada by working long hours in their corner convenience store and of course there is an eclectic group of customers who come in to the store daily and ultimately into the live's of the Kim family.
I also must give high praise to the series writers whose weekly episodes are so different, typically focus on alternate family members each week, as well as on the Kim families store customers, and/or their friends and family members. Ms. Shullivan and I are big fans of the CBC's Murdoch Mystery TV series (Read my full review on this series as well) which combines superior mysteries, with historical and witty stories of the city of Toronto at the turn of the 19th century. Now CBC has also delivered to their viewing audience just a fantastic comedy series that shows such great potential for growing its audience globally and we in the Canadian market are oh so proud to call it one of our own successes.
Ms. Shullivan and I just love it and the weekly episodes writing is so much better than a lot of the U.S. comedy canned laughter filled series that are on the air polluting our television sets. I give this TV comedy series a perfect 10 out of 10.