Midnight Mass

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 24, 2021
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 73 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 73
  3. Negative: 4 out of 73

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  1. nicktrito
    Sep 29, 2021
    4
    Im sorry, but this was so bad. I was struggling to stay awake in every episode. Each episode was about 20-30 minutes longer than it needed to be. This is a slow burner (which I usually like and find interesting), but this show really emphasized the word slow. The characters were unbearably dumb and stupid at all points. The only two characters worth anything were Reilly (the mainIm sorry, but this was so bad. I was struggling to stay awake in every episode. Each episode was about 20-30 minutes longer than it needed to be. This is a slow burner (which I usually like and find interesting), but this show really emphasized the word slow. The characters were unbearably dumb and stupid at all points. The only two characters worth anything were Reilly (the main character), and the doctor who's name isn't important enough to remember. They're the only two characters in the whole show with brains that actually attempt to use them.

    Being a horror lover myself, I was very excited when I found out this show was coming out. But I don't even know what genre to put this in. It's not a horror series, not a single thing scary about it. I definitely wouldn't call it a thriller either, considering thrillers are supposed to be, well, thrilling. I loved Haunting of Hill House. I thought it was absolutely fantastic. Haunting of Bly Manor was a big step back from Hill House, but still an overall enjoyable show. Watching Midnight Mass was like having a massive tumor slowly eating away at my brain why my eyes struggled to stay open 15 minutes into each hour+ long episode. Flanagan seems to be going the same direction that Jordan Peele is currently heading in. Release one really good show, take a step back, and then just put out straight trash that people will continue to eat up because they really liked your first series/movie.

    Im giving this a 4/10. I really wanted to go lower, but I don't believe that would be fair because the acting is genuinely good, the directing is alright, and the setting is fine. It is definitely not the worst thing I've ever seen, it just wasn't good. It is never a good sign when you find the new American Horror Story season more exciting that a massive-budgeted Netflix series. I really hope Flanagan can get back to his roots with the next series he works on. Go back and find out what made Hill House so great and try to recreate it, cause I can't sit through another one of these.    … Expand
  2. muldjord
    Oct 3, 2021
    5
    I just, barely, made it through episode 5. Episode 1-4 are great! Episode 5 seemed like a stage play that tried hard to be edgy and relevant and fails miserably on all accounts. The dialog is just irrelevant nonsense for 40 minutes straight. People sitting looking at each other spewing stories that have zero relevance and sometimes border on gibberish. I wasI just, barely, made it through episode 5. Episode 1-4 are great! Episode 5 seemed like a stage play that tried hard to be edgy and relevant and fails miserably on all accounts. The dialog is just irrelevant nonsense for 40 minutes straight. People sitting looking at each other spewing stories that have zero relevance and sometimes border on gibberish. I was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bored! It was just like the same scene repeating itself over and over again for the entire episode. Two people sitting across from each other. Then they start these long drawn out monologues that serve no purpose other than to pad for time, and the camera slowly zooms in on them. And it goes on, and on, and on, and on. It reminds me of the infamous "The Fly" episode from Breaking Bad. It's a single episode that almost kills a show.

    Wow, it was just terrible! Yeah, I get it, characters need backstories and we need to connect with them. But this series takes it way too far. Instead of spreading out their backstories, they are compressed into monologue scenes that stretch on for far too long.

    How they managed to turn the show into crap that fast was really quite impressive. Up until episode 5 I was quite intrigued with the plot, however flailing it is. But that sure changed. Just wow!

    I will probably watch the last two episode, just because I've spend so much time on it that I at least want to see it through. But I have little hope of them actually wrapping it up in any meaningful way. That boat seems to have left for the mainland long ago.

    EDIT: I just watched episode 6 and it just got worse. This is so stilted I simply can't keep watching it.    … Expand
  3. ReviewSnap
    Sep 28, 2021
    6
    By episode 3 the curtains are pulled, its hand is shown and most of the mystery and horror dries up with it. The remaining 4 episodes merely serve the purposes of coloring inside the lines.
    I loved the acting, the setting, the initial mystery, and even the extensive dialog between some truly captivating characters. I just wish it didn’t foreshadow so much and wasn’t so premature.
  4. Bozonini
    Jan 18, 2022
    6
    Really slow and boring show. I stopped watching on fifth episode. Boring dialogues, boring characters.
  5. julesgovan
    Oct 7, 2021
    6
    it was ok. I definitely expected more. It just needed more action for me personally, but if you like lots of dialogue this is probably for you.

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#22 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Emily Baker
    Dec 3, 2021
    100
    Midnight Mass is engrossing to the very last.
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  2. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Patrick Cremona
    Dec 3, 2021
    80
    It’s genuinely, thrillingly, unique and certain scenes and moments will live with you long after you’ve finished watching. One thing is for sure – Flanagan remains comfortably one of Netflix’s best assets.
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  3. Polygon
    Reviewed by: Rosie Knight
    Sep 24, 2021
    80
    Midnight Mass goes further than tension or thrills, presenting a dense and somehow hopeful epic that leans into the existential terror of being alive.
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