The I-Land

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 12, 2019
Metascore
7

Overwhelming dislike - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 4 out of 4
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Jack Seale
    Dec 5, 2019
    20
    This is sci-fi without a vision, a genre piece that doesn’t know how its own genre works. The I-Land is begging to be forgotten.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Tim Surette
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    I guess mystery box isn't an apt description for this indisputable disaster, as mysteries come with some intrigue to see them solved and boxes are actually useful.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Sep 18, 2019
    0
    Netflix's The I-Land is awful, but it's the kind of awful that leaves me with questions at every turn. No aspect of The I-Land works, and every bad aspect builds on the bad aspects before in a way that makes it pretty clear that nobody involved could have been under any misapprehensions about the quality of the endeavor. ... It's one of the worst shows I've ever seen.
  5. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    It is a bafflingly horrible sci-fi show, the kind of project that leaves your jaw on the floor, not unlike the first time you saw Tommy Wiseau’s “The Room.” It’s only enjoyable at all in that transcendent way that truly horrible things can be enjoyable. ... “The I-Land” quickly gets much grosser. ... It goes from a morbid, poorly-written curiosity to something much worse and downright offensive, losing even the B-show sheen it has at the start.

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User Score
3.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 35
  3. Negative: 23 out of 35
  1. Spiralus
    Sep 18, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. The first ten minutes of this show features adult humans who dont know how they got on an island and then they fight each other and then one of them tries to rape another one. The writing continues at that level of quality for 50 more minutes. Episode 2 just gets worse and thats when I stopped. The weird thing about this show is that it looks good (cinemetography) Every other decision is terrible. So ya, hopefully that saves your time for ya.… Full Review »
  2. Pete90
    Sep 13, 2019
    2
    The script is a mess, not helped by some below par acting, although some acting does try real hard to save this mess.

    Scene and story    The script is a mess, not helped by some below par acting, although some acting does try real hard to save this mess.

    Scene and story progression is mind-numbing, as it seems to be written by highscoolers, full of nonsensical progression. The editing is also just bog standard fare, uninspired.    … Full Review »
  3. alderin
    Sep 25, 2019
    0
    This is truly the worst show I've ever seen. I loved Lost and was hoping for something that resembled it. What I got instead was a meanderingThis is truly the worst show I've ever seen. I loved Lost and was hoping for something that resembled it. What I got instead was a meandering story that made no sense and endless, pointless conversation.… Full Review »
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