Stranger Things

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Season 4
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 15, 2016
Season #: 5, 4.5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 175 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 133 out of 175
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 175
  3. Negative: 19 out of 175

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  1. Jealto
    Jun 2, 2022
    2
    Since season 2 the series sadly goes downhill, i just cant take it serious anymore. The characters always to the same mistakes and they get annoying fast. The story is plain boring
  2. Lookingforheart
    Jun 26, 2022
    2
    This is disappointing. Algorithm-generated or not, this is the most derivative Stranger Things yet, I don't think there is a single original idea here. Not a one. In all seriousness, other creators, especially Katsuhiro Otomo, could probably sue for infringement and win if they were so inclined. I enjoyed the original season even though it gave very obvious nods to the past; I thoughtThis is disappointing. Algorithm-generated or not, this is the most derivative Stranger Things yet, I don't think there is a single original idea here. Not a one. In all seriousness, other creators, especially Katsuhiro Otomo, could probably sue for infringement and win if they were so inclined. I enjoyed the original season even though it gave very obvious nods to the past; I thought season two was a derivative mess with very little point to it, and I felt the writers redeemed themselves somewhat with the very fun season three. Season four is just uninspired, even based on its own merits. Really, the only thing that saves it are the performances, which are still quite good. Can't fault the cast for the writers' shortcomings. It is also visually very impressive, for whatever that is worth.

    If a viewer is younger, or has no idea who someone like Otomo is, or has never read 'Carrie', this might very well seem like the coolest series since sliced bread, but for those steeped in the pop culture of the number of decades, well, there is fan service, and then there is whatever this melange of 'borrowing' is supposed to be. The current dearth of genuine imagination or originality (enough with remakes and reimagining, already) is a sad, ongoing trend in modern entertainment, and Stranger Things season four is a great poster child for it.    … Expand
  3. Whitson77
    May 28, 2022
    1
    This season is a big bag of a$$. What happened to the writers. This season is the laziest writing with the worst stereotypes. Moron jocks. D&D makes you kill people storyline. Insane bullying that would never happen. They were all over the map. The Hopper storyline was a total waste. All the storylines were pretty bad. Everyone has become pretty unlikable.
  4. mike4156
    Jun 2, 2022
    1
    Show felt like it iwas forcing stereotypical settings for the first 2 episodes so far.. im not impressed overall.
  5. JessiKat
    Jun 2, 2022
    3
    If y'all are trying to brainwash people into agreeing with y'all starting the new world war with Russia, just say that. Y'all aren't slick, you aren't cute. We see the little subconscious "evil Russia" things y'all are throwing into every piece of media. Just the way you did to my entire generation when we were 13 years old in 2001.
  6. OlivierPiel
    May 29, 2022
    0
    The only "Strange thing" about this corporate-dictated, algorithm-generated show without an ounce of originality or beauty is that people find this strange, as in "odd" or "shocking" or "stunning". It is the exact opposite. Irony is lost on this most degenerate and illiterate generation.
  7. HannibalB
    Jul 25, 2022
    3
    Better than Season 3, not as good as Seasons 1 & 2. Season 4 is dragged out, overblown, confused, and filled with way too much sobbing and heart-to-hearts. Kids don't talk so openly or eloquently about their emotions then or now. But there were some good moments, especially with 11, and a nice surprise or two. So it wasn't all bad.
  8. lucyhoneychurch
    Jul 12, 2022
    1
    I couldn't agree more with the other negative reviews here. It's clear everyone involved with ST is under contract to produce more episodes/seasons of a show that has everyone hooked. They're attempting to make something out of nothing and it ain't working. Bloated beyond recognition of the fun, nostalgic first season. Every episode could be 75% shorter. The acting is god-awful atrocious,I couldn't agree more with the other negative reviews here. It's clear everyone involved with ST is under contract to produce more episodes/seasons of a show that has everyone hooked. They're attempting to make something out of nothing and it ain't working. Bloated beyond recognition of the fun, nostalgic first season. Every episode could be 75% shorter. The acting is god-awful atrocious, other than from a couple actors for whom I feel very sorry to see forced to deliver sappy, poorly written schlock. We were just moaning through every scene in the last episode. It takes itself so seriously. Enough already. We're done with this show. It has overstayed it's welcome.… Expand
  9. ElBilly
    Jul 1, 2022
    2
    Well, all good things come to an end. Sadly, it's Stranger Things turn. They went beyond season 3 with the "funny > drama" formula, and what we got is bloated mediocre season.

    They repeated over and over stuff like bullies, being saved from "certain death" situations with funny stuff, they totally ruined characters like Will and Lucas, they bloated the whole season with trite stuff.    Well, all good things come to an end. Sadly, it's Stranger Things turn. They went beyond season 3 with the "funny > drama" formula, and what we got is bloated mediocre season.

    They repeated over and over stuff like bullies, being saved from "certain death" situations with funny stuff, they totally ruined characters like Will and Lucas, they bloated the whole season with trite stuff.

    Comparing this season with the first two makes one see how badly it is, how it forcefully tries to add situations that seem taken from Marvel movies, which don't even go along with the series.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#11 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Shirley Li
    Jun 13, 2022
    79
    Amid the show’s ballooning scale and scope, Stranger Things finds an unexpected anchor not in its ensemble of fan favorites but in its latest villain: a supernatural serial killer dubbed Vecna after—what else?—a Dungeons and Dragons character. Vecna resides in the Upside Down, but unlike previous visitors, he’s humanlike, with a voice, a face, and, most chilling of all, a worldview.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Jun 2, 2022
    80
    The visual effects are more sophisticated and so is the filmmaking; the transitions between scenes, which track four different running story lines, are more elegant and make a sprawling season feel relatively cohesive. Does it feel bloated given those longer run-times? At times, yes. But by episode three, I was again invested in what’s happening in Hawkins (as well as some new locations), and less concerned about the amount of minutes that investment required.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Lorraine Ali
    May 31, 2022
    80
    There is plenty of fun to be had in “Stranger Things 4,” which both celebrates and parodies a decade that pushed conformity, conservatism and questionable style.
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