--- title: "Just Act Normal" year: 2025 kind: "series" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/just-act-normal" fi1m_id: "just-act-normal" imdb_id: "tt36592872" tmdb_id: 257177 wikidata_id: "Q134238804" fi1m_score: 82 critics_reviews: 1 published: "2026-09-12" updated: "2026-09-20T21:00:09.567673+00:00" region: "KR" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Just Act Normal (2025) Created by Janice Okoh · 40m · Drama, Comedy ## Identity Just Act Normal - **Canonical:** https://film.one/tv/just-act-normal - **Type:** Series - **Fi1m ID:** just-act-normal - **IMDb ID:** tt36592872 - **TMDB ID:** 257177 - **Wikidata ID:** Q134238804 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36592872/, https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/257177, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134238804 **Fi1m score: 82** · Critics: 1 of 6 reviews so far *In a sentence:* We laughed at this family, then wanted to check they were all right > The young leads make this family comedy-drama funny and painful without overplaying either. We recommend it for the performances, though its closeness to family distress can make six episodes feel like a demanding evening. ## Synopsis Tiana (Chenée Taylor), Tanika (Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie) and Tionne (Akins Subair) are at the centre of this comedy-drama about family life under pressure. The six-part series follows its young characters through troubles that leave room for humour as well as hurt. Sam Buchanan plays Dr. Feelgood, Romola Garai plays Ms. Jenkins, and Beau Benally appears as Kimone. Janice Okoh writes and Nathaniel Martello-White directs, with episodes running for 40 minutes and a supporting cast that includes Nataylia as Jackie, Adam Little as Jamie and Penelope Freeman as Mrs. Kitley. ## Review *Just Act Normal* is a funny, affecting family comedy-drama, and its young cast is the reason to watch. We recommend it, with the caveat that being this close to other people’s troubles can become tiring. Writer Janice Okoh and director Nathaniel Martello-White trust the performances to make family life interesting without smoothing away its difficulties. The first series comprises six episodes, each running for 40 minutes. Okoh’s writing allows humour to survive inside an account of family life under pressure. That matters more than the broad label of comedy-drama might suggest: we can enjoy the characters’ company while remaining concerned about them. The funny passages do not require us to forget the distress, or to apologise for laughing at people who are experiencing it. There is care in that balance, and enough subtlety to keep the series from telling us precisely what to feel. Chenée Taylor plays Tiana, Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie plays Tanika and Akins Subair plays Tionne, and their performances justify the attention the series gives them. Their comic work is as important as their handling of distress. We were moved by the three leads because they make the family strain register without allowing it to account for everything about these people. They give us enough to like, and enough to wonder about, that concern comes without much prompting. Martello-White deserves credit for keeping the acting from becoming a competition in visible suffering. This sort of drama can be exhausting when every performance insists on being noticed. Here we can enjoy the actors’ company, including their comic assurance, before thinking about how much the roles require of them. That helps the serious passages, because we have already found reasons to care about the people involved. Adam Barnett’s cinematography and Anthony Combes’s editing are harder to praise separately from the acting, which is not a complaint. Our attention belongs to the young cast throughout. A series about family pressure needs its images and cuts to allow us to follow several feelings at once; here, we can laugh and still notice the strain. We remember the people far more readily than any individual piece of filmmaking. Our reservation is the amount of emotional attention this asks for across six episodes. The humour helps, but family distress remains demanding company, and we sometimes wanted a little more breathing space. That limits our enthusiasm, even with acting this persuasive. Okoh’s subtlety makes the difficulties convincing, but does not necessarily make spending time with them easier. Anyone choosing chiefly on the strength of the comedy label should bear that in mind. The performances deserve more than an occasional glance while doing something else. Much of the pleasure comes from appreciating how confidently these young actors handle material that asks them to be funny and affecting, sometimes uncomfortably close together. That does not mean treating the programme as a solemn duty. Give it an episode for Taylor, Walker-Wilkie and Subair, and let their humour decide whether to stay. *Fi1m score 82, published 12 September 2026.* ## Straight answers **How long is Just Act Normal, and what is it rated?** *Just Act Normal* has episodes of about 40m. It is a drama and comedy series. **Where can I watch Just Act Normal in South Korea?** *Just Act Normal* is not on any streaming or rental service in South Korea at the moment. It is available in 1 other country; change your country at the top of the page to see where. Availability is checked daily. **What should I watch after Just Act Normal?** After *Just Act Normal*, try [*Reservation Dogs*](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs) (2021, Fi1m 86): Young friends find laughter amid grief, with room for oddness and affection. Then [*Shoplifters*](https://film.one/film/shoplifters) (2018, Fi1m 89): An intimate family drama that complicates easy judgements about care and belonging; and [*The Florida Project*](https://film.one/film/the-florida-project) (2017, Fi1m 88): Children keep finding fun while the adults struggle to hold things together. ### Reviews we read (1) - **The Guardian** (90/100, inferred): The critic calls the series incredible TV that is heartbreaking, hugely funny and endlessly subtle, with an exceptional youthful cast that makes one feel they are watching stars being born. The review singles out the three young leads for their extraordinary performances and the show's authentic, layered portrayal of family life under pressure. [Read](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/16/just-act-normal-review-to-watch-this-wonderful-show-is-to-see-stars-being-born) ## Details - **Created by:** Janice Okoh - **Creator:** Janice Okoh - **Director:** Nathaniel Martello-White - **Writer:** Janice Okoh - **Cinematography:** Adam Barnett - **Editor:** Anthony Combes - **Producer:** Jade Taylor - **Cast:** Chenée Taylor as Tiana; Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie as Tanika; Akins Subair as Tionne; Sam Buchanan as Dr. Feelgood; Romola Garai as Ms. Jenkins; Beau Benally as Kimone; Nataylia as Jackie; Adam Little as Jamie - **Runtime:** 40m - **Release (South Korea):** 16 April 2025 - **Genres:** Drama, Comedy - **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1IGqUtbh14 ## Where to watch in South Korea Not streaming, renting or buying in South Korea at the last check. Also available in: GB. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country. ## If you liked this - *Rocks* (2019): Young performers make friendship and family responsibility feel immediate, funny and difficult - *Reservation Dogs* (2021), Fi1m 86: Young friends find laughter amid grief, with room for oddness and affection — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md) - *Shoplifters* (2018), Fi1m 89: An intimate family drama that complicates easy judgements about care and belonging — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md) - *The Florida Project* (2017), Fi1m 88: Children keep finding fun while the adults struggle to hold things together — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-florida-project.md) - *Secrets & Lies* (1996), Fi1m 88: Family embarrassment and buried hurt, with performances that make both feel painfully familiar — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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