Euphoria

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 16, 2019
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
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  1. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Jun 14, 2019
    30
    Euphoria has all the elements of a juicy teen soap, but the high school antics are curdled into their most sickening formulations, the fun sanded off till the skin is raw. Everywhere you look is only sadness and debasement. Euphoria has plenty of antecedents, other teen incitements that push a frenzied kind of emptiness—Kids, Skins, Less Than Zero—but there’s an especial dullness to Euphoria’s provocation.

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#97 Best TV Season of 2019
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#26 Most Discussed TV Season of 2019

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User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 109 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 83 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 109
  3. Negative: 23 out of 109
  1. Mattyice
    Jun 16, 2019
    1
    Euphoria is truly a terrible show in many respects. It has painfully unlikable characters, annoying pretention in its filmmaking andEuphoria is truly a terrible show in many respects. It has painfully unlikable characters, annoying pretention in its filmmaking and "protagonist", and shock moments of drug abuse, sex/genitalia, and the like that are only there for shock value and nothing else. Furthermore, it's writing and appearance of its teenaged characters is criminally unrealistic, and it often feels like the show was written by a 16 year old who thinks this is what high school life is actually like. I can give a little credit to its color grading, but its cinematography is artsy for the sake of being artsy with no value or substance, making the various tilts, cuts, zooms, and camera movements jarring more than anything else. Unless they do something legitimate with its unlikable characters, story, or writing in later episodes, I'm most certainly going to be passing on this show.… Full Review »
  2. FosterChad
    Jun 19, 2019
    3
    The first episode was full of sex and artifice just to try to shock its viewer, even more in the emphasis given to showing genitals even beingThe first episode was full of sex and artifice just to try to shock its viewer, even more in the emphasis given to showing genitals even being prostheses. At first it did not seem promising, I hope the next episodes the plot has a better way to follow… Full Review »
  3. mrwashu
    Jul 10, 2019
    1
    The whole thing is based on quite blatant exploitation of controversy. The creators just thought boldly with they income calculators in handsThe whole thing is based on quite blatant exploitation of controversy. The creators just thought boldly with they income calculators in hands that more lgbt/sex/rape/drugs etc. means more money. Are they right? For me it's just cringy abomination.… Full Review »
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