NOS4A2

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Season 1
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 2, 2019
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 4 out of 16
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  1. Stardust93
    May 5, 2020
    0
    I will update this IF I decide to finish the show and judge it independently as a show.
    So my biggest problem is that it is SO different from the book right off the rip that I absolutely cannot bare to watch. This is my 2nd attempt and I just honestly don’t think I can do it. Vic isn’t even anything like she’s supposed to be. I feel like the ball was dropped hard here. I’ll do my best to    I will update this IF I decide to finish the show and judge it independently as a show.
    So my biggest problem is that it is SO different from the book right off the rip that I absolutely cannot bare to watch. This is my 2nd attempt and I just honestly don’t think I can do it. Vic isn’t even anything like she’s supposed to be. I feel like the ball was dropped hard here. I’ll do my best to give it a more fair shot independently as a series, but as far as book adaptations go this is the worst I’ve seen.    … Expand
  2. Filster
    Jun 30, 2019
    7
    Not sure why it is getting mediocre reviews. I think the show is quite interesting and suspenseful. The creep factor of Christmas Land definitely adds to the suspense.
  3. asmanraj
    Jan 11, 2020
    10
    I don't agree with the decision to take a single novel and adapt it into a multi-season series, and I can see why some people who didn't read the book would find this show boring. However, this is still the most underrated new show of 2019 and a good adaptation of the book.
  4. Vassis
    Jul 7, 2019
    8
    started out a bit slow perhaps, but I really liked it. Probably helped knowing in advance that it has nothing to do with Nosferatu.
  5. Davrosdaleks1
    Jun 30, 2019
    6
    Watched three episodes of this, then decided to quit. It wasn't a quick decision. There is stuff I liked about this, but I had other shows I wanted to see and watching this felt increasingly like an obligation rather than a pastime.

    The plot after a handful of episodes already feels too stretched out. This is based on a novel. The show really should've been a movie, mini-series, or at    Watched three episodes of this, then decided to quit. It wasn't a quick decision. There is stuff I liked about this, but I had other shows I wanted to see and watching this felt increasingly like an obligation rather than a pastime.

    The plot after a handful of episodes already feels too stretched out. This is based on a novel. The show really should've been a movie, mini-series, or at least a limited-run one season, but this seems like it's aiming for multiple seasons. It just doesn't feel like the screenwriters are able to come up with enough supplemental material to justify the runtime.

    The big reason I got frustrated is the main character's personal struggles. Now there are a lot of great horror pieces that work because they incorporate a human aspect. Fear can arrive in the common problems of man. The Geri's Game movie and the show The Haunting of Hill House are strong examples. However, this has to be done correctly. The personal problems of Vic McQeen (Ashleigh Cummings), involving being poor and trying to get into college and her parent issues, feel like a middle class or upper-class trying to write about lower-class social issues. Everything feels manufactured and at times unrealistic. The bad New Englad accents of the parents don't help at all. Cummings does a good job of selling the character, but she just isn't given enough to work with.

    It is disappointing that so much time is spent on the mundane world, because the spooky stuff is pretty interesting. The age-shifting/child-snatching Charlie Manx (Zachary Quinto) is a pretty creepy villain. The character is unsettling in that his personality, car, and clothing feel out of time and place with everyone and everything else. He wears a 30'/40's era chauffer's outfit, and there is something just foreboding about that all black attire. Then there's his use of supernatural imagery. Manx works by manipulating children with visions and taking them to "Christmas Land." He specializes in creepy old-timey Christmas imagery and that stuff steals the show.

    Though I liked the general design and the scenery, which really sells the poor areas of town, I think the cinematography and lighting could have been better. It feels low-budget and like it was made a couple of decades ago. I've seen other cable TV shows accomplish a whole lot more these days.

    If this gets renewed for season 2,and I hear they turned things around, I might revisit this, because the Manx stuff has bought a little good will. As is, I just don't have the patience to prioritize this.    … Expand
  6. RedheadBadger
    Jul 5, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great new show! Very creative! Never expected to see Zachary Quinto in an usual role. Curious to see what Christmasland really is, and how Vic McQueen will get to those kids, and if Maggie will be there, too.… Expand

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#97 Most Discussed TV Season of 2019

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Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 4 out of 9
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jun 6, 2019
    50
    Joe Hill's expansive horror novel might have made a better movies than a sluggish series stalled in the angst of small-town Massachusetts life. [10 - 23 Jun 2019, p.9]
  2. Collider
    Reviewed by: Haleigh Foutch
    Jun 3, 2019
    60
    NOS4A2 will put you on a magical road, brimming with possibilities for terror and wonder, but takes so many detours into dull territory, you’re left with the impression you’re going nowhere at all. But if it ever figures out where it’s going, there’s plenty of gas left in the tank.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    May 31, 2019
    30
    Through its first six episodes, NOS4A2 is a shockingly unscary horror drama prone to ill-considered detours and over-explained supernatural machinations, while wallowing in entirely too many blue-collar cliches and variable Massachusetts accents. A solid cast, some showy makeup and the occasional inspired bit of imagery all get the life sucked right out of them, the only way that the show's clunky pun of a title is at all worthwhile.
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