US EditionGovernment Cheese TV review — Wes Anderson meets the Coen brothers in tongue-in-cheek morality tale
- David Oyelowo stars as Hampton Chambers, who is released from Chino State Prison after check fraud in 1967 and struggles to reconnect with his family in Chatsworth, California.
- Hampton's family struggles with his past and his aspirations of selling a self-sharpening power drill, although he owes money to a local crime family.
- The series 'Government Cheese', created by Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr, features surreal themes and a unique storytelling style.
- Hunter aimed to depict the experience of a Black family living against cultural expectations, drawing from his life story and the historical context of government cheese programs.
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Review: With 'Government Cheese,' Apple TV+ vaults into 1960s San Fernando Valley
Set in a version, or a vision, of the northwest San Fernando Valley in 1969, "Government Cheese," which premiered April 16 on Apple TV+, belongs to a class of visually striking comic dramas that slip in out of the naturalistic…
'Government Cheese' Cast and Character Guide
“Government Cheese” has officially landed on Apple TV+, and it features a star-studded cast alongside its lead, David Oyelowo. The series hails from creators Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr (“Midnight Run,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and boasts “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” star David Oyelowo, who also executive produces the series. It follows the series of quirky adventures a newly-released prisoner named Hampton Chambers gets into as he embarks on a mission to…
‘Government Cheese’ Review: David Oyelowo’s Quirky Apple Comedy Is Undone by a Conventional Antihero
Typically, brevity in television is a gift. There are always exceptions, but in the age of streaming bloat, second-screen experiences, and TV being reduced to content, clocking a tight running time is an early indicator of efficiency, confidence, or (somewhat conversely) ambition. “Government Cheese” is a different kind of exception — an aberration not because it thrives while blowing past its adopted episode lengths, but because it’s so condens…
'Government Cheese' Is A New Take On An Old Premise
Audiences will always eat up a story of redemption. It doesn’t matter if it’s Darth Vader helping his son in the eleventh hour, or the titular redemption at the heart of the Shawshank Redemption, if there is a bad guy turning good, chances are viewers will forgive them. Apple TV+’s latest experiment, Government Cheese, takes this premise and runs with it, telling the story of an ex-con determined to do right by his family and God. The result is …
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