Lord of the Flies
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: May 4, 2026
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23

Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Feb 13, 2026
    60
    Every episode feels simultaneously bloated and thin, a feeling only reinforced by denaturing the otherwise saturated palette during the scenes of violence – primitive, you see? It feels like a gimmick trying to hide the absence of real emotion. When the words do come, they are not great.
  2. TheWrap
    Reviewed by: Gregory Lawrence
    May 4, 2026
    50
    It [the music] does more to tell and expand the story of “Lord of the Flies” than “Lord of the Flies,” an otherwise holistically irrelevant addition to the deserted island of Netflix’s forgettable library of peak TV.