Locke & Key

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 7, 2020
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 92 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 92
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 92
  3. Negative: 20 out of 92

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  1. entitet
    Feb 13, 2020
    3
    The adult graphic novel is a gritty, gruesome and violent horror/fantasy. If the show would've followed the novel, it could've been something unique and special. Instead they removed the horror, twisted the story, made it dumb and turned it into a mediocre teen drama fantasy show ...like we really needed another one of those. Greatly missed opportunity.
  2. MattWicked
    Feb 8, 2020
    3
    A tween drama series packaged as a mystery show, which doesn't exactly show a lot of mystery. It dumps expository monologues on viewers in order to move on to highschool love stories as soon as possible and those drag on for far too long. Changes to source material are expected, but aren't good. First season has a lot more supporting characters than the comic does, but they're allA tween drama series packaged as a mystery show, which doesn't exactly show a lot of mystery. It dumps expository monologues on viewers in order to move on to highschool love stories as soon as possible and those drag on for far too long. Changes to source material are expected, but aren't good. First season has a lot more supporting characters than the comic does, but they're all incredibly dull and one-dimensional. Pretty white girl is a **** British black dude is a manic pixie dream guy, fat nerdy guy is just that, and so forth. None of them are allowed to be anything more than a background and rails, of sorts, for main characters. While Locke siblings are well cast, their motivations are muddy at best and their actions rarely seem logical even within created universe, which is even more annoying when coupled with in-series inconsistencies. Original soundtrack and main theme, however, are pretty great, although when it comes to licensed songs, well... They're on par with Riverdale in terms of dark heartbroken tween-ness.

    If you're interested in a concept of a mystery house or felt let down by this show, read the original comics, they're bread and don't pull any punches.    … Expand
  3. gilbertofp16
    Feb 9, 2020
    1
    Bad acting, bad history, I mean the people in this series are like no stoping and thinking why the crazy stuff is happening, it is like normal to them, like wow this stuff happen let's go to school yeahhh, wtf why the characters can not have balls and think and do something
  4. redross16
    Mar 20, 2020
    3
    The show doesn't capture the themes of a child's innocence lost because of violence and fear that were so effective in the comics. The characters have also lost the charm that they had in the graphic novel ( Bode and the mom being good examples, Bode is now just an annoying child with no depth, whereas in the comic he was just as annoying but entertainingly so and he was clever, figuredThe show doesn't capture the themes of a child's innocence lost because of violence and fear that were so effective in the comics. The characters have also lost the charm that they had in the graphic novel ( Bode and the mom being good examples, Bode is now just an annoying child with no depth, whereas in the comic he was just as annoying but entertainingly so and he was clever, figured things out on his own and didn't have to be told to do something that will advance the plot, and the mom is now boring, as she loses the vices that she had in the comics, therefor removing her character arc). Couldn't even get past the first 3 episodes.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

24
#24 Most Discussed TV Season of 2020

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Charles Barfield
    Oct 5, 2020
    42
    Sadly, “Locke & Key” is similar to the creepy old Key House, an old, outdated mansion filled with potentially fun mysteries and intrigue but lacking the strong bones and foundation that can sustain the structure for years to come.
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  2. The Detroit News
    Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Aug 14, 2020
    58
    It knows it’s walking familiar ground — spooky but never scary, occasionally violent but never gory, magical but hardly wondrous. Watchable but nowhere near fascinating.
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  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Ashlie D. Stevens
    Feb 7, 2020
    60
    "Locke & Key" is worth it in the end if you can push past the parts that are uneven and a little messy.
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