Stranger Things

Name: Stranger Things
Genre: Drama
Released: April 5, 2013
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 85

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| Release Date: April 5, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: An unusual and touching bond develops when grieving Oona reaches out to a mysterious homeless man and offers him a place to stay in her garden shed.

Director: Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 77 min

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Frank Scheck

Apr 7, 2013

Gorgeously photographed by co-director Burke in the beautiful environs of East Sussex, England, this modest but subtly powerful piece of minimalist cinema exerts a haunting spell. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Apr 4, 2013

Something unexpectedly profound emerges from the flimsiest of stories in Stranger Things, a drama so modest and trusting of its two leads that any directing flourishes might have shattered its spell. Read full review

John Anderson

Apr 5, 2013

One of the assets of Stranger Things is its air of mystery, and the actors give the indelible impression that they have much locked away inside. Read full review

Heather Baysa

Apr 5, 2013

The bond between this university graduate and the ragged drifter comes to seem vital and true, undercutting the full-blown sentimentality of the conclusion. Read full review

Drew Hunt

Apr 2, 2013

Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal's film is a tasteful, well-orchestrated drama that never reaches beyond its humble means. Read full review

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Robobob

Aug 5, 2016

Halfway through and this show has me hooked. Most of the child actors are good and believable, with one gap-toothed kid being so adorable that I giggle ever time he's on screen. The desperation of the parents searching for the missing children is intense. Winona Ryder is a wee bit overHalfway through and this show has me hooked. Most of the child actors are good and believable, with one gap-toothed kid being so adorable that I giggle ever time he's on screen. The desperation of the parents searching for the missing children is intense. Winona Ryder is a wee bit over the top in her acting in my opinion. The weirdness and the bizarreness that ensues is spell-binding.… Expand

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NikolayG

Jul 24, 2016

Terrible!!! OK the acting is fine, Winona Ryder outperforms everyone else good for her, the cinematography etc. is all fine, but the STORY and the WRITING are absolute garbage. The story is the most cliched hodgepodge of stuff patched in from old TV shows and movies, but nothing is explainedTerrible!!! OK the acting is fine, Winona Ryder outperforms everyone else good for her, the cinematography etc. is all fine, but the STORY and the WRITING are absolute garbage. The story is the most cliched hodgepodge of stuff patched in from old TV shows and movies, but nothing is explained beyond saying there is some kind of alternative universe that is conveniently populated with monsters that look like all the monsters in all the other horror TV shows and movies of the past 20 years. The dialogue from the first two episodes is particularly atrocious. It's almost funny to watch the actors try to deliver the fake sounding dialogue in a way that's convincing. Anyway, a total waste of time. You want to see something fun on Netflix, watch 11.22.63. It has a big flaw conceptually but it is a lot of fun anyway, or watch House of Cards or Daredevil. But give Stranger Things a pass.… Expand

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