Paper Girls

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Season 1
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 37
  3. Negative: 8 out of 37

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  1. themilney
    Jul 30, 2022
    10
    Not sure what these other reviews are on about (especially the incredibly fragile rant about supposed wokeness… what?), great first season! Looking forward to seeing where they take season 2.
  2. cesarhjv
    Jul 30, 2022
    10
    This a great show with a very sweet portrayal of friendship at its core, recommend
  3. bertobellamy
    Jul 29, 2022
    4
    The first episode looked cheap and uninteresting. I can't believe they packed the comic's first part (six issues) into one lousy episode.
  4. Daniel_San
    Aug 8, 2022
    1
    Boring and bland from the very beginning. I don't know who is the target of this show but they aren't smart girls.
  5. WatchinMovies
    Aug 23, 2022
    3
    Another of those subtle woke productions. It's sad that youngsters are abused by adults to make money with the promise of fame. One could almost say this is another Disney production that subliminally injects their bigoted lifeview into an otherwise interesting idea. We rate this a "don't support such trash."
  6. BrownerMan
    Aug 17, 2022
    7
    light on woketardation

    FFW to the rescue

    Why are we targeting light scifi to girls? My daughters are wired for social not adventure of stem fantasy.

    Time travel, war, hegemony

    It's like today without time travel
  7. globalnomad
    Jul 30, 2022
    4
    I've had it with early-1980s cute-kiddie nostalgia pieces. Let ET stand on its own and let's move on.

Awards & Rankings

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#73 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Alim Kheraj
    Aug 1, 2022
    60
    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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  2. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Nick Allen
    Jul 29, 2022
    80
    When it comes to a show as crafty and good as “Paper Girls,” you can survive without a large emphasis on its broad science. ... It's more about getting to know these girls and the surprise paths they take, decades away from their paper delivery gigs or the people that they thought they would become.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jul 29, 2022
    100
    I would rank it as one of the year’s best shows, for what it does right and what it doesn’t bother doing, for the intelligence of the writing and the natural flow of its dialogue, and the impressively deep performances of its phenomenally talented young cast — not actual 12-year-olds, but near enough.
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