Reviews WesternAnimation / The Life And Times Of Juniper Lee

Decent, albeit unoriginal, mindless entertainment.

There's no question that The Life And Times Of Juniper Lee never particularly stood out compared to other stone-cold classics that also came around the same time as Codename: Kids Next Door, Camp Lazlo and Megas XLR, but it definitely had more of a quirky charm and more quality and effort put into it than the likes of further evidence that Cartoon Network was close to hitting the wall that would mar its reputation later on (i.e. My Gym Partner's A Monkey, Squirrel Boy and the Samurai Jack-worship abomination that was the original Star Wars: Clone Wars) before finally slamming face-first into that wall with garbage like Regular Show and Uncle Grandpa.

Fortunately, this show manages to avoid being lumped in with the dregs for the sheer fact that it's charming. The concept is simple and American Dragon Jake Long/Kim Possible in style, and coming from someone who's never enjoyed either of those shows (though Kim Possible has been getting a much warmer reception lately), it's a surprise that this show manages to be at the very least entertaining. Obviously, it's not perfect, with semi-flawed voice acting and a dry sense of humor (though there are exceptions).

The imagination is definitely put into full effect even if the show's concept is a cliche in itself. The monsters are for the most part entertaining, and the titular character that is Juniper Lee is surprisingly entertaining, which manages to make it easy to over look her very scrappy-like younger brother Ray-Ray. Really, for every other questionable character, there exists a much better one.

Is the show perfect? No. The best way to describe it may be "the worst of the best", but if you want to commit time to something when it would otherwise be wasted, this show could be your answer.