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Critic Reviews
Mar 9, 2020
Season 1 Review:
That's about the best compliment one can offer about this episode: it's nice. The stakes are pretty low and it's easy enough to guess the outcome, twists and all, because you've probably seen some version of this sort of show before, and not necessarily with softly lit, tender sex scenes with a Scotsman.
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Mar 6, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Given the entire story feels like it came out of a time capsule from 1987, it shouldn’t be surprising that the execution is as outdated as the material. Jessica Sharzer’s script is twee and pat, with characters that feel more like old Disney cartoons than flesh-and-blood people. Pedretti and O’Brien are solid, doing their best with underwritten roles, but their characters’ stories play out with all the excitement and passion of an after-school special about the importance of following your dreams.
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Mar 9, 2020
Season 1 Review:
You’re waiting and waiting for some Black Mirror whiplash twist that never comes. Instead, all that you’re given is the sort of dopey, tapioca time-travel romance we’ve all seen before. ... The show doesn’t know what it wants to be yet—or even get who it’s supposed to be for.
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Mar 6, 2020
Season 1 Review:
The trouble with this new “Amazing Stories,” though, at least in its first episode, is its lack of Spielberg sparkle. Those tuning in expecting to see the director’s light touch and clever manner of engaging our emotions will be disappointed: The show’s first installment feels less like a revival than a holdover. ... Feeling underbaked.
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The TelegraphMar 6, 2020
Season 1 Review:
The fact that Apple and Amblin decided to launch the series with this slice of bland, middlebrow mediocrity hardly augurs well. In an oversaturated market, Apple TV+ has hardly set the entertainment world alight. It will need to do much better than such featherlight, forgettable fare if it’s going to give Netflix any sleepless nights.
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ColliderMar 6, 2020
Season 1 Review:
At the end of the day, it’s tricky to judge an entire anthology series based on a single episode, especially when the trailers hinted at more effects-heavy (and hopefully, more “amazing”) stories to come soon. But as it stands, Amazing Stories is not a good enough reason to subscribe to yet another streaming service. Where the original 80s show was bold and boundary-pushing, the first episode of the reboot feels like a safe story that pales in comparison to similar tales of romance that transcend time.
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