‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ Joyously Swims in Familiar Waters
No doubt many a point will be made about how much of what Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is attempting, and mostly succeeds in doing, has been done before, and quite recently. The difference lies in execution, and what it lacks in its mostly surface level comedy chops is perhaps compensated for in that the studio bringing the immigration-puberty metaphor is DreamWorks rather than Disney.
