Severance

Apple TV+ | Release Date: February 18, 2022

8.7	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 172 Ratings

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EludiumQ36Apr 27, 2022

"Severance" (S01, 9 eps, 40-57mins, Apple+) comes highly rated and recommended, a creation of Ben Stiller who also directs most of the 9 eps. I wanted to like this, I was pre-disposed to liking this, and I apologize to the shill army out"Severance" (S01, 9 eps, 40-57mins, Apple+) comes highly rated and recommended, a creation of Ben Stiller who also directs most of the 9 eps. I wanted to like this, I was pre-disposed to liking this, and I apologize to the shill army out there, but this is just horrible. Its banality is record-breaking, it's boring to the point of watching water boil. I seriously could not stomach this travesty past the second episode. It's like if both Twilight Zone and Black mirror got drunk at a party, did the deed, tried to Plan B the deed, but this was born anyway. I started "The Adam Project" right after aborting this and omg, soooo much better.… Expand

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BroyaxApr 13, 2022

Le type même de la série qui part du bon pied, attise une curiosité certaine sur ses deux premiers épisodes, expose son « concept » très innovant mais in fine ne parvient pas à transformer l’essai… loin de là même !

Et pourtant, cette sérieLe type même de la série qui part du bon pied, attise une curiosité certaine sur ses deux premiers épisodes, expose son « concept » très innovant mais in fine ne parvient pas à transformer l’essai… loin de là même !

Et pourtant, cette série pioche volontiers à l’envi tout ce qu’elle peut piquer à droite et à gauche parce qu’elle a la dalle et bouffe à tous les râteliers en même temps : du 1984, Brazil, Vol au dessus d’un nid de coucous, Kafka, Dick ; de la critique qui se veut acerbe envers la mentalité des odieuses corporations, les travailleurs serviles surveillés et surexploités, le libre arbitre en détresse… et ainsi de suite…

La réalisation est soignée, la musique souvent hypnotique mais ces ronds de jambe rendent la série rapidement maniérée et prétentieuse. « Severance » ne sait plus où elle veut en venir et se perd en cours de route, sa paranoïa (salutaire) se dilue dans la lenteur et les atermoiements de son intrigue qui pédale dans la choucroute.

Et pourtant en seulement 9 épisodes (pour cette première saison), on aurait pu s’attendre à autre chose que la somnolence prodiguée par les épisodes 3-4-5-6-7-8-9… une lenteur, une torpeur qui habite la majorité des situations, lesquelles se répètent malgré une volonté de réveil lors du dernier épisode (quand même) mais il est déjà trop tard !

A vouloir trop en faire et toucher à tout, « Severance » loupe le coche : ni satirique, ni surréaliste, ni inquiétante… mais surtout lénifiante en définitive ! malgré l’excellent duo Adam Scott / Britt Lower vraiment habités par leurs rôles respectifs.… Expand

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OlivierPielMar 26, 2022

So the pitch was: "What about we take a modern Kafkaesque take on the corporate American culture. Black humour, surrealistic, unnerving,... those snob hipsters will dig that!" The thing is, Kafka was a master at using the fewest word, toSo the pitch was: "What about we take a modern Kafkaesque take on the corporate American culture. Black humour, surrealistic, unnerving,... those snob hipsters will dig that!" The thing is, Kafka was a master at using the fewest word, to compact his -short, very short- stories to launch a powerful punch to the gut.
This, as the LA Times critic pointed out, is the exact opposite: A tedious, impossibly slow paced road to -apparently- nowhere that is as behind the curve as the corporate culture (1980's) it depicts.

There was a far superior show on Adult Swim: Corporate. Plus it had a real Jewish humorous undertone to it, like the real Kafka.… Expand

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LetMeInPleaseMay 29, 2022

I lasted only 5 episodes of this and during all that time the show did a very bad job at justifying why would such contrived, controversial and outright dangerous concept as severance even exist? It looks like it increases neither the qualityI lasted only 5 episodes of this and during all that time the show did a very bad job at justifying why would such contrived, controversial and outright dangerous concept as severance even exist? It looks like it increases neither the quality of work nor the quality of life of the workers. Hugely ineffective to say the least.
At certain point I couldn't suspend my disbelief any longer, and the slow as hell pacing surely didn't help.… Expand

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cdpr_pidaryApr 26, 2022

Унылая тягомотина, растянутая на 9 серий. Можно было спокойно уложиться серии в 3 (оно так и есть, посмотреть первую серию, восьмую и девятую, и ничего не потеряешь), а не тянуть кота за хвост. Ещё и гомосеков всунули.Унылая тягомотина, растянутая на 9 серий. Можно было спокойно уложиться серии в 3 (оно так и есть, посмотреть первую серию, восьмую и девятую, и ничего не потеряешь), а не тянуть кота за хвост. Ещё и гомосеков всунули.

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BLADELINGApr 17, 2022

Another series that will be suspended and will never have an ending.
That's what I thought at the end of the first season, when I realised I knew very little about the characters, the setting, anything. 9 episodes with very few actors, aAnother series that will be suspended and will never have an ending.
That's what I thought at the end of the first season, when I realised I knew very little about the characters, the setting, anything. 9 episodes with very few actors, a drawn out script and an almost non-existent setting.
Yet the very final episode runs too long, opens up so many scenarios that it calls for a renewal of at least five to six seasons. Which, as we all know, will never happen. It is more realistic to think that, cliffhanger after cliffhanger, we will find ourselves at the end of the second or third season without knowing much more than we do now and with the announcement: "We're sorry, it ends here, there won't be another season".
I was wrong to start seeing it and I do not recommend doing so. We should only start seeing finished products, because there is no respect for the audience.… Expand

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