Stranger Things

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  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 15, 2016
Season #: 5, 4.5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 2260 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,103 out of 2260
  2. Mixed: 95 out of 2260
  3. Negative: 62 out of 2260

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  1. desertinutah
    Jun 4, 2018
    0
    Stranger Things is an excellent production with exceptional actors. In fact, it's good to see Winona Ryder back. The script and photography are also outstanding. Watching the first season on Apple TV, I noted similarities with other movies and television shows. The foundation of the piece involving four friends has the familiarity of the friends in Stephen King's book and movie, It. ThereStranger Things is an excellent production with exceptional actors. In fact, it's good to see Winona Ryder back. The script and photography are also outstanding. Watching the first season on Apple TV, I noted similarities with other movies and television shows. The foundation of the piece involving four friends has the familiarity of the friends in Stephen King's book and movie, It. There are overlays of the X-Files, Jeepers Creepers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The monster is reminiscent of the space creature from the Alien franchise. Aside from those comparisons, there are several things that would prevent me from recommending it for children: product placement (of junk food, no less), which I realize is inevitable, and the fact that numerous actors smoke while several of the main characters are chain-smokers. I'm not quite sure if that's a spoof of the "smoking man" from the X-Files or another product placement. The tobacco companies can't advertise on television, so television shows take place decades previously when far more people smoked. Now, to me, that is creepy and disgusting. Oh, yes, and there's the gratuitous teen sex.… Expand
  2. bdu754
    Aug 10, 2018
    0
    The show is highly overrated. Unless you like 80's references, this show is not for you.
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Awards & Rankings

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#55 Best TV Season of 2016
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#1 Most Discussed TV Season of 2016
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#15 Most Shared TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Emily Nussbaum
    Aug 16, 2016
    80
    This is astoundingly efficient storytelling, eight hours that pass in a blink, with even minor characters getting sharp dialogue, dark humor, or moments of pathos.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Lenika Cruz
    Jul 26, 2016
    60
    There’s a higher bar for original stories--even homages--to clear when it comes to incorporating the lessons Hollywood has learned recently about depicting female characters who are as layered as their male counterparts. For all its charms, Stranger Things doesn’t quite meet that standard.
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  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Molly Eichel
    Jul 22, 2016
    80
    You'll turn on the first episode and mysteriously find yourself sitting in the same spot on your couch eight episodes later, never having moved an inch.
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