Squid Game

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 17, 2021
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 174 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 121 out of 174
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 174
  3. Negative: 32 out of 174

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  1. lipino
    Oct 18, 2021
    2
    I knew a lot of people would die in this show, I just didn't think it happen in such a stupid way. Just don't pretend this has some anti-capitalism, anti-violence message. Just admit it satisfies violent, greedy urges. It scratches that itch. You like it. I’m not squeamish or “faint of heart,” I’m just tired of modern filmmaking being this gloomy, gaudy mess of misanthropic misery porn.I knew a lot of people would die in this show, I just didn't think it happen in such a stupid way. Just don't pretend this has some anti-capitalism, anti-violence message. Just admit it satisfies violent, greedy urges. It scratches that itch. You like it. I’m not squeamish or “faint of heart,” I’m just tired of modern filmmaking being this gloomy, gaudy mess of misanthropic misery porn. Every new show I try to watch is just more of the same. Is no one making hopeful art anymore?… Expand
  2. r_nieri
    Oct 17, 2021
    1
    Feels like something made from Korea's Neil Breen. Don't believe the hype...
  3. mohamad_joudaki
    Oct 16, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very bad series. im thinking is worst serise all the time and offer you dont watching that… Expand
  4. pnoyfilmtvadik
    Oct 8, 2021
    1
    I gave it a chance. 1st 20 minutes was not good at all. It was overly acted and made no sense. I couldnt relate to any of the characters. Badly directed. Tries too hard.
  5. Vaako
    Sep 28, 2021
    1
    Sorry, unpopular opinion, but this show is terrible. The only thing that is horrific is the poor quality acting.
  6. OlivierPiel
    Oct 2, 2021
    0
    Compare this to the "Platform", the Spanish show about people having to share a small amount of food.
    Whereas the Platform was concerned about facing starvation, despair and death while trying to retain dignity , beauty and humanity, this show simplify the Hobbesian mantra "Hominus Hominei Lupus" and negate the free will of our protagonists.
    Furthermore, the acting is atrociously    Compare this to the "Platform", the Spanish show about people having to share a small amount of food.
    Whereas the Platform was concerned about facing starvation, despair and death while trying to retain dignity , beauty and humanity, this show simplify the Hobbesian mantra "Hominus Hominei Lupus" and negate the free will of our protagonists.
    Furthermore, the acting is atrociously cartoonish, the characters one-dimensional, the plot drawn out, the violence disgustingly voyeurish - real porn like-.

    The despair is that so many people like such a dumbed down version of a....manga, not that "capitalism is eating mankind"    … Expand
  7. MeeKifi
    Oct 3, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Did not watch beyond the first half of episode one. Really only tuned in after force fed dozens of glowing reports on how awesome the show was. That probably impacted my opinion a little as the bar was set high. I had no sympathy for the lazy gambling addiction who steals from his mom and doesn’t seem to try and support his child. Really had no interest in seeing his story. Acting was not great in parts, like sub par anime level. Overall seemed very overhyped. Must have spent a fortune on marketing.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#18 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Oct 21, 2021
    70
    Ultraviolent and terrifically gripping thriller. [25 Oct - 7 Nov 2021, p.9]
  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Oct 15, 2021
    63
    Solid thriller, good twists, too violent.
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Oct 11, 2021
    30
    “Squid Game” has nothing to say about inequality and free will beyond pat truisms, and its characters are shallow assemblages of family and battlefield clichés, set loose upon a patently ridiculous premise. ... [The violence] is more than mildly sickening in its scale, its graphic presentation and its calculated gratuitousness.
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