First off, I would like to start with the fact that Side Hustle was a much awaited show, even more by fans of Jayden Bartels and Annie LeBlanc. The show has both good sides and bad ones, but let’s start with the pros first. Spoilers ahead!
The show starts of with three teenagers who accidentally set a boat on fire and have to earn money to pay back the owner. This concept is quite good as I believed it would teach kids on the importance of working hard and saving money.
However, the con of this effect is that despite earning the money in the end of episode one, they make the same mistake and set off the firecrackers again. Although this could be dismissed as a joke, throughout the consequent episodes of this series, our characters have shown behavior such as theft and cheating. Some kids might see this as a joke but it might leave a negative impact on them in prolonged time.
The actors and actresses of this show are social media personalities. They are quite good in acting and show potential talent in the industry. However, it would be better if the took in new talents too that might be better for the Movie Industry.
Apart from this, I would highly recommend Nickelodeon to reduce the usage of backtrack laughter throughout the episodes, as it does become quite annoying in prolonged time.
All in all, this show is not that bad and I would recommend it to teenagers. Just be sure to make sure that only the bad behaviors portrayed in some parts of the show are only taken in as a joke. Thankfully, they aren’t any unsuitable scenes in the series so far, and no use of inappropriate words.
Hope you’ll consider watching the show. Thank you for reading my review and I hope it has been beneficial for you!
-KW