Cobra Kai
YouTube | Netflix | Release Date: May 2, 2018
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 59 Critic Reviews
Positive:
49
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
LooperAudrey FoxJul 18, 2024
Season 6 Review: Quibbles aside, "Cobra Kai" Season 6 Part 1 brings more of what fans enjoy about the series, even if it does occasionally feel like it's running on autopilot, burning time until they can get to the Sekai Taikai. Read full review
60
iEd PowerJul 18, 2024
Season 6 Review: Cobra Kai is at its most watchable when they’re mucking around together. But all the fun evaporates when the series focuses on the angsty teenagers under the crew’s leadership. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergApr 24, 2019
Season 2 Review: Season two is content to repeat many, or even most, of the beats from the first season, only without the freshness and genre-upending sense of surprise. The second season of Cobra Kai is too much of the same made with the expectation that the series can be an underdog forever. Read full review
50
Rolling StoneAlan SepinwallDec 28, 2020
Season 3 Review: Earlier in its run, Cobra Kai was able to live equally well in the past and the present. Not anymore, unfortunately. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubAlex McLevyApr 24, 2019
Season 2 Review: It’s not until the second-to-last episode that anything approaching the goofball charm and wit of its freshman season arrives, and by then the entire narrative is so weighed down with the baggage of its sudsy dramatics that the show feels less like a witty relaunch of a beloved film, and more like a 2019 version of Beverly Hills, 90210 (but not, you know, the 2019 version of Beverly Hills, 90210), complete with hokey music sequences and soap opera-level plotting. Read full review
50
Rolling StoneAlan SepinwallApr 23, 2019
Season 2 Review: There was a pleasantly surprising window where Cobra Kai felt like it was retelling those old stories in a new enough way. The novelty’s gone by now, though. Read full review
40
The Daily BeastScarlett HarrisJul 18, 2024
Season 6 Review: I’m all for characters sitting around and shooting the shit, but after the cartoonish high jinks that this show has managed to survive on for seven years, diehard fans of the Karate Kid universe will be none too happy with the comparative calm of part one. Read full review
40
EmpireAlex GodfreyJul 18, 2024
Season 6 Review: As it readies for the end, the first third of the final season of Cobra Kai feels a little knackered. If only Mr Miyagi were around to magically massage it back to life. Read full review
40
SalonMelanie McFarlandJan 1, 2021
Season 3 Review: The third season isn't a knock-out, but if all you want is cheap excitement, it'll do. Read full review
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