|
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
|
Positive:
27
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
|
Critic Reviews
The GuardianApr 27, 2023
Season 2 Review:
It never falls into the trap of making the viewer feel as if nothing is real and nothing really matters. Season two builds skilfully to a showdown with several bravely uncompromising payoffs, delivered in a way that its younger viewers can easily appreciate, not least because it tends to be grownups who meet their fate.
Read full review
The PlaylistMay 26, 2021
Season 1 Review:
In Netflix’s new heartfelt, utterly enjoyable fairy tale series, “Sweet Tooth,” the post-apocalypse is refreshingly less inhospitable and dour. While it’s definitely not a completely fun-filled utopia, it is an antidote to the grimdark worlds we usually see in apocalyptic fantasy and one brimming with love, hope, beauty, and, well, sweet treats.
Read full review
Jun 6, 2024
Season 3 Review:
Mickle and his writers do a remarkable job tying together the disparate character, mythological, and thematic threads from the book into a cohesive and impactful outcome for the show. Again, while the details differ, the broader themes and reimagined representations of Lemire’s visuals are quite surprising and maybe even a little more resonant, especially in the final episode.
Read full review
Jun 3, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Sweet Tooth is a series worth your time and emotional energy. The creative team has lovingly rendered a fully realized world, utilizing subtle, practical visual effects, gorgeous cinematic landscapes, stellar writing and beautiful performances across the board. Together it makes for one of the best adaptations in recent memory.
Read full review
ColliderJun 4, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The transition of Sweet Tooth into more of a family-friendly fable is a good look for this sprawling tale, one that thankfully is full of hope rather than destruction. Sweet Tooth does this through an endearing adventure that shows rebirth and new chances can come out of even the worst disasters — which makes this a rare uplifting pandemic story in 2021.
Read full review
Jun 6, 2024
Season 3 Review:
Nonso Anozie and Convery are still the show’s pulsing heart, and they will both be dearly missed by fans after the credits of the final episode roll. Maybe with a few more episodes or a fourth season, Sweet Tooth could flesh out the undeveloped aspects of Season 3. Nevertheless, the series ends on a high, ensuring Sweet Tooth remains one of Netflix’s best original productions.
Read full review
Apr 27, 2023
Season 2 Review:
It’s back for a second season, with much of its charm intact. The uninitiated might want to hit a recap before jumping in, but otherwise Sweet Tooth remains quite welcoming, the kind of thing you might watch with your adolescent (provided you’re up for talking a little global pandemic and eugenics).
Read full review
Jun 2, 2021
Season 1 Review:
If you can withstand the early earnestness, the lack of subtextual consistency shouldn’t be a problem, and so much of Sweet Tooth lands exactly on its desired terms. The performances are sturdy, the action scenes thrilling and Jeff Grace’s score conveys the right notes of adventure and melodrama.
Read full review
ColliderJun 6, 2024
Season 3 Review:
Sweet Tooth hasn’t necessarily been the smoothest ride, with the wonderful first season being followed by a clunkier-than-expected second, and with many of those issues still consistent in the final season as well. But taken as a whole and with a conclusion that pays off this story in a delightful way and a pitch-perfect performance by Convery, Sweet Tooth is the rare apocalyptic story full of hope and love.
Read full review
Jun 1, 2023
Season 2 Review:
Sweet Tooth isn’t the best show that’s explored the aftermath of a devastating pandemic in recent years, but it offers a good second season that lets its characters continue to grow and shine. The plot and tone don’t always make sense, but the strong emotional core and well-executed themes produce a charming look at how to gracefully handle change.
Read full review
Jun 4, 2021
Season 1 Review:
We were surprised how engaged we were with Sweet Tooth, even though it’s a show about a virus that wipes out most of humanity; it’s not something you want to contemplate as the real pandemic we’re suffering through winds to a close. But good performances and an adaptation that grounds things into some sort of reality saves the show from eye-rolling preciousness.
Read full review
Jun 4, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Narration by James Brolin tends to lean heavily on truisms that tell little worth knowing. The episodes can feel baggily paced. And for a solo adult viewer, Gus’ journey may feel a little predictable in moments. But for the right kind of kid, “Sweet Tooth” might make for good family viewing.
Read full review
Jun 2, 2021
Season 1 Review:
There’s probably a more spiritually faithful adaptation of the comic that could be interesting in our own pandemic-altered world, but it would be hard. Filtering the material through Gus’ (occasionally glowing) eyes creates just enough distance from reality to make the YA-style adventure feel like its own often thrilling thing, rather than yet another awkward reminder of the world beyond our quarantines.
Read full review
IndieWireJun 4, 2021
Season 1 Review:
The series’ efficient storytelling, world-building, and character work make it easy to switch off your brain and enjoy the adventure (that is, if you can get past The Sick). Strong performances help, too, and with so many critical core ingredients working smoothly, it’s much easier for a genial little fantasy-adventure series to go down easy.
Read full review
May 27, 2021
Season 1 Review:
A lot of this feels like prologue to the real story, a first chapter to a much broader, more fleshed-out tale that has all put all the pieces in place that it takes the concluding episode of this season to reach. Luckily, the charismatic cast and a sure-footed command of story beats keep it on the right side of plodding. With a winning (and occasionally brutal) approach to its darkly fantastical imaginings, Sweet Tooth find a nice balance between its sugary and bitter elements.
Read full review
The GuardianJun 4, 2021
Season 1 Review:
It is either warmly eccentric or hysterically crazy, perfect entertainment or a horrifying attempt to parlay the pandemic into a commercially palatable mashup. It is undoubtedly aimed at a younger-than-full-adult audience; my 10-year-old is entranced. I am, too, although I can’t yet work out why.
Read full review
Current TV Shows
By MetascoreBy User Score