Cruel Summer

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Season 1
  • Network: Freeform
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 20, 2021
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
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  1. bwangerz
    Jun 16, 2021
    10
    OMG. OH MY GOD. THIS SEASON WAS SO GOOD!!!!! All the episodes are amazing and the actors involved are so talented. So proud of the cast for making this.
  2. Rinne77
    Apr 21, 2021
    9
    So far a solid show. A nice mix of suspense, darkness coupled with the quintessential young teen growing into themselves.
  3. RidingHood
    Apr 27, 2021
    0
    Terrible acting and the dialogues are so twee and canned they make you wince. The time switches between periods - not as innovative either these days - cannot compensate for the rest of it, which is dreck.
  4. juan1000000
    Apr 24, 2021
    8
    There isn't anything avant-garde about 'Cruel Summer', but it's the type of show that keeps your attention and makes you want more and more by the end of each episode. The plot is interesting, the characters are unreliable, the setting is great, it's just the right combination to make a TV show become an addiction. Can't wait to see how everything will unfold and really hope it doesn'tThere isn't anything avant-garde about 'Cruel Summer', but it's the type of show that keeps your attention and makes you want more and more by the end of each episode. The plot is interesting, the characters are unreliable, the setting is great, it's just the right combination to make a TV show become an addiction. Can't wait to see how everything will unfold and really hope it doesn't disappoint me.… Expand

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85
#85 Best TV Season of 2021

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Sarah Carson
    Dec 3, 2021
    60
    Even if it lacks the sophistication of Stranger Things or the bite of Euphoria, Cruel Summer does provide interesting observations about the ways young lives are warped by trauma, and is a story that, while it lasts – like those long hot summer months of our teenage pasts – feels suffocating, confusing, hysterically dramatic, and compulsive.
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  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Aug 6, 2021
    80
    Matters of agency, courage and cowardice emerge and the story starts to accrue depth along with the superficial puzzle of the kidnapping and who saw what and when. If you can deal with the trifurcated timeline, there’s much to enjoy and admire.
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  3. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Adam White
    Aug 6, 2021
    80
    A mystery thriller cum nostalgia farm built from the best parts of Riverdale and Pretty Little Liars.
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