- Network: Prime Video
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 29, 2022
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The issue with Paper Girls is how it drip-feeds exposition in an attempt to create mystery, a method that often leaves you confused. ... More casual viewers might not have the patience for Paper Girls’ somewhat chaotic narrative. Those who do stick around, however, will be rewarded with characters that have more heart than those tweens in Hawkins, Indiana.
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Before the final scene of Paper Girls, we were going to give this show a big old thumbs down. But that final scene set the stage for a show that has the potential to be a fun ride, or at the very least something that’s a little different than what we’ve seen before.
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No adaptation can be perfect, but Paper Girls really doesn’t hit the mark. The fun of the comic is lost, the pacing goes from a thousand miles an hour to a slow crawl and back again in inconsistent waves, and there are times where the show seems like it’s meant for an audience around the age of its main characters.
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"Paper Girls" possesses a "Stranger Things"-wannabe vibe, blending coming-of-age elements, time travel, nostalgia and science fiction. The result makes for a semi-watchable Amazon series that feels a little too convoluted to satisfactorily deliver.
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Its coming-of-age elements never really integrated into its sci-fi saga. It feels more reminiscent of teenage adventure films from the early aughts like Clockstoppers and Agent Cody Banks than the Wes Craven-esque vision of the ‘80s that its creators intend it to be.
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Filled with cheap emotions, faux progressivism, and a story that is somehow both alarmingly thin and endlessly complicated, “Paper Girls” is full of wasted potential.
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The problem is, whether due to budgetary limits or a desire to streamline the comics, the show flattens the look and scope of the story into something decidedly dull and derivative.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 37
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Mixed: 2 out of 37
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Negative: 8 out of 37
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Jul 30, 2022
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Jul 30, 2022This a great show with a very sweet portrayal of friendship at its core, recommend
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Jul 29, 2022The first episode looked cheap and uninteresting. I can't believe they packed the comic's first part (six issues) into one lousy episode.