- Network: Peacock
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 28, 2022
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“The Resort” has a willingness to embrace a strangeness that fuels its more memorable moments. Adding to a proud tradition of shows that challenge its core characters to let the mystery be (including, notably, Siara’s prior TV stop “Lodge 49”), “The Resort” is ultimately less concerned with answering puzzles than figuring out what draws people to looking for any kind of solution in the first place.
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Despite its sometimes erratic pacing, it allows time for the viewer to really sit with the concepts being thrown at them, with each episode being just over thirty minutes in length. However, where the show really shines is with Harper and Milioti, their performances and chemistry as a couple trying to refind their love making viewers want to finish the show, to find out if amidst all these obstacles, their relationship might still succeed.
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Apart from the glorious cast, the big draw of The Resort is the menacing-yet-luxurious aesthetic of the abandoned hotel. There is something so alluring about a deserted, possibly haunted hotel. ... In all honesty, with each episode coming in at around a half-hour, it’s a bit of a long set-up, but the pay-off is worth it.
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Amid all the spectacle, the show does, finally, strike a thoughtful contrast between puppy love and the more mature variety, which it doesn’t make the mistake of overstating. But mostly it’s defined by small pleasures. ... Like any good vacation, The Resort flies by. You can tell you had fun because it’s over way too soon.
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A show like this lives or dies by how clever the mystery at its centre turns out to be. While we will have to wait to see whether it lives up to expectations, this funny, fast-paced, knotty trip seems worth sticking with until the inevitably bitter – but hopefully not bitterly disappointing – end.
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The plot is so crammed with these things that sometimes it stops making sense, but just carries us along to the next stage of the adventure. The easy chemistry between Milioti and Harper helps with this, as does the generous helping of comedy.
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To its credit, the show’s confident trek forward also smooths down loose threads. The rapid twists and likable cast make the mystery a diverting watch that doesn’t waste any time getting started. As the dog days of summer drag on, The Resort provides a welcome respite of AC-sanctioned fun.
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“The Resort” proves itself refreshingly eager to push itself to ask more questions and leave each episode on a note that makes it near impossible to stop watching.
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Though the eight-episode season is about two episodes too long, The Resort's mystical conclusion delivers an unexpectedly emotional catharsis. As with most vacations, the journey is sometimes exhausting, but the destination is ultimately worthwhile.
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In the end, kind of like “Search Party,” “The Resort” is as much about the people doing the searching as it is what they uncover. And Sinclair, Siara, and Esmail are happy to lean into the themes of the show over its plotting, willing to tell a story of redemption in a way that defies logic but embraces emotion. Who needs logic on vacation anyway?
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The delightful ensemble makes The Resort a breeze, even if the payoff leaves something to be desired.
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We’re certainly intrigued by the mystery that’s at the center of The Resort. But we also hope that Milioti and Harper get more of their own story to dig into, as opposed to being just a typically bored married couple who come together under extreme circumstances.
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What makes the series watchable as it descends further into nonsense is its cast, many of whom are forced to make the most of half-baked roles.
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There’s a lot of that in the series. Random-seeming stories strung together until finally the show just sort of ends, as much of a mystery as it was when it began.
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Shaggy-dog stories can have their appeal, but The Resort runs in circles in the jungle so long that it struggles to find its way back out. Luckily, while its ideas threaten to spiral out of this world, The Resort is not without more grounded pleasures. Milioti and Harper share the appealing lived-in chemistry of people who really did know and love each other once, even if neither performer is straying all that far outside their wheelhouse.
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The characters simply don’t do a whole lot in this story, across eight half-hour episodes. There’s so little comedy or thrills along the way, but there are long scenes of them learning more about strange things that happened in the past, either in personal flashbacks or in the Sam & Violet timeline. It becomes profoundly tedious how large chunks of rhythm are given to different characters to explain something that doesn’t make all that much sense in the end.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 10
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Mixed: 1 out of 10
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Negative: 2 out of 10
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Jul 30, 2022Its fun. Its low stakes. Its an easy binge. I like all the actors here. That's all I need.
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Sep 17, 2022
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Aug 21, 2022Comedic, weird, and a little bit fantasy/sci-fi. A fun trip, if you enjoy that sort of thing.