Dark

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 1, 2017
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 373 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 324 out of 373
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 373
  3. Negative: 28 out of 373

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  1. cherold
    Jan 26, 2018
    3
    While this series has been inexplicably compared with Stranger Things, to me it seems more like an attempt at something like Fortitude. But whereas Fortitude's first season was notable for its instantly intriguing story and fascinating characters, Dark is a plodding show with uninteresting people doing uninteresting things.

    After reading reviews that made it sound interesting I watched    While this series has been inexplicably compared with Stranger Things, to me it seems more like an attempt at something like Fortitude. But whereas Fortitude's first season was notable for its instantly intriguing story and fascinating characters, Dark is a plodding show with uninteresting people doing uninteresting things.

    After reading reviews that made it sound interesting I watched the pilot, which was very slow. Then I read a little about it on wikipedia and discovered that it's got this weird sci-fi story that is barely hinted out in the first episode. I made it through half of the tedious second episode - in which there's still little indication that anything interesting is coming, and then I just couldn't take any more of it and stopped.

    The other series you could compare this to is The OA, which was also, more justifiably compared to Stranger Things. But at least The OA had an intriguing start that hid how terrible the series would ultimately become. Dark seems to go out of its way to keep you from knowing there will every be anything interesting or entertaining presented to the audience.    … Expand
  2. bertus
    Mar 8, 2018
    1
    I would have liked a drama/thriller around a nuclear power plant! Sadly, Dark chooses to solve around time shifting, a theme that has dominated entertainment for way too long already and getting worse with each show added. Why ad such a stupid element like travel to a story? Is time travel the ultimate sci fi theme? Not for me! It's a cheap trick for stretching an otherwise boring storyI would have liked a drama/thriller around a nuclear power plant! Sadly, Dark chooses to solve around time shifting, a theme that has dominated entertainment for way too long already and getting worse with each show added. Why ad such a stupid element like travel to a story? Is time travel the ultimate sci fi theme? Not for me! It's a cheap trick for stretching an otherwise boring story into an endless show. When wiull it all come together? No, I want it good when it starts.
    The critics don't like Dark and that's something I can really understand because it's so damn obvious that it want's to compete with time shifting series like Twin Peaks, The Leftovers, les Revenants, Lost, West World etc. Competing is usually a bad motovation when it comes to creativity.    … Expand
  3. briggs54
    Mar 23, 2018
    3
    Twin Peaks knock-off meets nihilistic Back To The Future. Watch if you love when a show is super derivative and has zero likeable characters. Also, watch it if you like when a show treats you like an idiot by doing things like telling you what year it is when it is super obvious every time. Also, do you love dramatic irony? Do you like when it lasts for 10 hours? If so, watching thisTwin Peaks knock-off meets nihilistic Back To The Future. Watch if you love when a show is super derivative and has zero likeable characters. Also, watch it if you like when a show treats you like an idiot by doing things like telling you what year it is when it is super obvious every time. Also, do you love dramatic irony? Do you like when it lasts for 10 hours? If so, watching this show will be like when Ron Swanson went to the Lagavulin factory for you… Expand
  4. greggman
    Feb 14, 2019
    2
    I don't understand how anyone can like this show. It's horrible. It's probably the single worst show I've ever watched on Netflix. Nothing the characters do make any sense. Many of the things they do have absolutely nothing to do with the story, they're just filler. The show feels edited by a failing youtube crew. Every scene is slowing zooming. Every few moments they play the thud ofI don't understand how anyone can like this show. It's horrible. It's probably the single worst show I've ever watched on Netflix. Nothing the characters do make any sense. Many of the things they do have absolutely nothing to do with the story, they're just filler. The show feels edited by a failing youtube crew. Every scene is slowing zooming. Every few moments they play the thud of profundity sound. Many scenes are just pans over nothing with tense music and nothing else. It's almost like the show was written, scored, and edited by bad AI algo… Expand

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Dec 5, 2017
    80
    Jonas’s search for answers offers the pleasures of puzzle-solving, if not profound drama, and if you give Dark a few episodes you may find yourself hooked.
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  2. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Dec 4, 2017
    80
    A consistently engaging genre effort in its own right, employing unsettling production values and an enormous cast of well-drawn characters for a narratively splintered investigation into questions of fate and free will. ... Come for the surface similarities to Stranger Things, stay for the unique time-travel insanity.
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  3. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Emily VanDerWerff
    Dec 4, 2017
    70
    It’s beautiful, mysterious, and a little bit maddening, and you’d want to take in every little second of the show even if it wasn’t in German with English subtitles, because every aspect of it matters.
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