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Positive:
9
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
Oct 10, 2024
Season 4 Review:
Outer Banks season four is charging ahead with a solid new adventure while leaning into the cast of characters these actors have honed and developed over the past four years. The chemistry between all of these personalities feels real, and there’s a creaky, spooky vibe surrounding their new mission that adds to the fun.
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Apr 13, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Outer Banks slots many of its characters into specific boxes and keeps them there. The series’ lack of nuance sometimes takes away from the emotional stakes, but it still does manage to craft a very exciting mystery-thriller with touches of teen romance. It’s a fun ride, but tighter character work would sell Outer Banks’ biggest moments much harder.
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Oct 10, 2024
Season 4 Review:
Though part one is notably less busy than previous installments of the show, there are still abductions, proposals, knife fights, and a corpse being wheeled around on a skateboard. (“Come on, how long were we really gonna stay out of trouble?” John B winkingly narrates an early episode.) However, if it stays on its current course, Outer Banks might just have found its way again.
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IndieWireJul 30, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The relative success of this show, pitched in a way that staves off its more destructive impulses, is a testament to how well everyone involved manages to play along. Maybe it’s a show that’s still trying too hard at points, but it’s easy to imagine that fans of “Outer Banks” watching Season 2 will find much of what they’re searching for.
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IndieWireApr 15, 2020
Movie NationApr 23, 2020
Apr 22, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Characters spend a lot of time convincing us, and each other, of their beautiful-loser bona fides. But any dramatic shortcomings will be overlooked by those attracted to the show’s basic premise: young people living unsupervised, on the margins of society, but who still get to behave like they have a team of lawyers on retainer. ... Motivations, generally speaking, are less convincing than the hurricane that blows through episode 1. But when everyone looks so good in so little, narrative coherence is lucky to be an afterthought.
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Jul 29, 2021
Season 2 Review:
If you are looking for a breezy teen-focused series that brings good drama, the compass does not point this way. If you want guns, FBI raids, endless screaming, kidnapping, psychopathic family members, and murderous intentions at every turn… well, you’re getting closer.
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Feb 23, 2023
Season 3 Review:
Season Three sacrifices nearly all of the show’s original charm to keep its already-unbelievable treasure hunt theme going just a little while longer. Season Three of Outer Banks relies heavily on narration and flashbacks to keep its momentum going, a party trick that does little to hide its thin plot.
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Apr 14, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Outer Banks is Goonies meets The O.C. by way of Red Dawn and Netflix's very own Stranger Things and possibly On My Block, with just a dash of a high-school Simple Plan — and maybe your affection for those titles will carry you through the long stretches during which Outer Banks veers between stupid, ridiculous and, in little bursts, fun.
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