I'm going to be in the minority of reviewers (and viewers) here I think having never seen Quintel's Regular Show and so until delving into Close Enough I'd never before encountered his particular blend of magical strangeness mixed with acute observation. The format is basically that of a classical nineties kids' cartoon - a half-hour show cut into two separate narratives (with the exception of the final episode) this leaves it very little room to faff around in and the dizzying speed at which each segment ramps up the strangeness is genuinely breathtaking. The cost of all this brevity means that the central cast feel a little undefined, even by the final episode, but Close Enough admirably straddles a refreshing line between caricature and observation that doesn't feel too mean or judgemental. As someone fairly close to Quintel's age myself it's strangely uncanny to see a television cartoon so precisely aimed at my age bracket - which no doubt will alienate many and date it quite severely in years to come but there's an oddly engrossing indulgence to the focus. Close Enough isn't perfect but with its charming tangents and its deft lack of meanness it's... C- It's.... clo... You get the picture.

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