The OA
Netflix | Release Date: December 16, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
6
Negative:
3
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The New York TimesJames PoniewozikDec 16, 2016
Season 1 Review: You might be a match for the show if you have a high tolerance for New Age woolgathering, if you consider hokey dialogue and amateurish characterization a fair trade-off for luminous atmosphere, if you enjoy ordering the most exotic item on the season’s video menu for the experience of having tasted it. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergDec 16, 2016
Season 1 Review: After an enticing and somewhat infuriating build-up, The OA becomes something quite ludicrous as it stumbles toward a climax that is, if I'm generous, merely unearned and if I'm not being generous, a series of offensive overreaches. Read full review
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UPROXXAlan SepinwallDec 16, 2016
Season 1 Review: It’s weird, and slow, teasing and teasing its way to a payoff that is meant to seem profound and instead plays as utterly ludicrous and at times borders on offensive. Read full review
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