Watch Now
Where To Watch
| Stream On |
|
| Stream On |
|
Critic Reviews
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
The talented cast, clever mystery, and ’90s nostalgia are a winning combination. For these summer girls, 1999 might be cruel, but for the rest of us, the show is the perfect summer escape.
-
Thrilling and cheesy in equal measure, Cruel Summer breezes toward its finish as a particularly well-oiled drama.
-
Although it’s not quite on its predecessor’s level, Season 2 makes for propulsive, entertaining viewing, keeping its audience unsure about who to trust, and embracing a similar go-for-broke style of storytelling that makes it very, very easy to keep watching as the twists and questions pile up.
-
As odd as it is to fault a mystery series for focusing too intently on the mystery, that’s the failing of Season 2, mostly because the core whodunnit isn’t terribly interesting. The performances aren’t quite as strong either.
-
Like a page-turning beach read or a high-kudos Archive of Our Own fan-work, it’s an easy, breezy—and often cheesy—volume to speedily thumb through and subsequently forget by season’s end. It’s cool for summer, at least.