Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 62
  3. Negative: 10 out of 62
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  1. OlivierPiel
    Oct 27, 2019
    2
    Loved Samurai Jack and Dexter's lab but this show is not nearly as good as other reviewers believe. For one, it takes itself far too seriously and that is very arrogant for a show that demands an immense suspension of disbelief in almost every single frame. Samurai Jack on the other hand knew how to cleverly add self-deprecating humour in all its epsiodes.
    Tartakovsky reprises its    Loved Samurai Jack and Dexter's lab but this show is not nearly as good as other reviewers believe. For one, it takes itself far too seriously and that is very arrogant for a show that demands an immense suspension of disbelief in almost every single frame. Samurai Jack on the other hand knew how to cleverly add self-deprecating humour in all its epsiodes.
    Tartakovsky reprises its samurai films/Dragonball fighting scenes but with far less poetry and originality. The still scenes are also far too similar to typical mangas and lack the virtuosity in editing that made Samurai Jack so fluid and , I dare say, resemble an operatic ballet.

    By stripping its esthetics to the bare minimum, Tartakovsky became not primal, but primitive.    … Expand

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Metascore
87

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: David Fear
    Oct 8, 2019
    80
    Primal restores a genuine sense of awe regarding how you can use the format for something besides shits and giggles. It’s storytelling at its most basic, sound and images moving faster than a speeding velociraptor and brimming with soulfulness.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: William Hughes
    Oct 8, 2019
    91
    At 22 minutes, episodes occasionally strain the limits of its dialogue-free, roar-heavy approach to storytelling. As an event, though—as a dose of bracingly original animation from a master of the form—it’s hard to question its few missteps. After all, everybody’s gotta eat.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Steve Greene
    Oct 7, 2019
    91
    Through the lens of two characters, a man and a dinosaur, “Primal” is a piece of elemental storytelling that finds some real emotional depth without either of its protagonists uttering a single word of dialogue.
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