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Critic Reviews
Nov 23, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Ortega kills as the gifted, nihilistic teen who’d rather hang out in a crypt than a club. ... Gimmicky callbacks to the films and the 1964 TV series are rare and strategically deployed in this streaming iteration of the franchise. ... Burton’s sensibilities and style are all over this irresistibly quirky, sardonic whodunit. ... “Wednesday” is brilliant on every level.
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ColliderNov 18, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Wednesday retains all the hallmarks that make the stories and the characters special. It succeeds very well at pushing the story outside its usual genre and into something a little more grown-up, and a little more supernatural, but never loses sight of the heart, humor, and kooky horror that have kept us all double-snapping for decades.
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Screen RantAug 29, 2025
Nov 18, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Wednesday successfully captures the growing pains of being 16 without taking itself too seriously, serving to be an entertaining and binge worthy addition to this year’s renaissance of teen television. Ortega’s performance is by far the highlight, tackling Wednesday’s complexities with an ease that truly cements her status as the new horror It girl.
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Aug 8, 2025
Season 2 Review:
In addition to breaking from teen drama stereotypes, leaving out a bothersome love triangle also makes room for more interesting character dynamics to flourish and deepen. Season 2 of Wednesday zeroes in on two other complicated relationships that were merely skirted around earlier.
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Aug 6, 2025
Season 2 Review:
Wednesday’s zingers aren’t as wickedly sharp as they once were. And because we know she’s going to be annoyed by her classmates, such as perky werewolf roommate Enid (Emma Myers), the dynamic is not as morbidly charming. The bond between Addams family members, however, is more deeply explored and their dysfunctional interactions add a new layer of contemptuous humor to the mix.
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SlashfilmAug 6, 2025
Nov 23, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It’s Ortega’s star power alone that helps drive this series from the very beginning into something that could have been mediocre into a totally watchable and exciting twist on a familiar franchise. ... While this adaptation makes some strange decisions, it ends up working in a weird way, which will interest both old and new viewers.
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The GuardianNov 23, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It loses something by not setting Wednesday against normality, as the films did, and by having a more fissured version of the Addams clan. The love and unity of the family against the world was always one of the great pleasures, in whatever incarnation you met them. But it has enough wit, charm and propulsive energy for that not to matter as much as it might have.
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Nov 22, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Although the main character’s name was inspired by the poetic line “Wednesday’s child is full of woe,” “Wednesday” is generally a delight, thanks almost entirely to Jenna Ortega. Having outgrown her Disney Channel days, Ortega makes the Addams Family’s now-high-school-age daughter the coolest humorless goth sociopath you’ll ever meet, in a Netflix series that’s more kooky than spooky or ooky.
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iNov 18, 2022
Season 1 Review:
With a script that doesn’t take itself too seriously, a knowing wink at the audience, some genuinely scary bits and a committed and very funny central performance from Ortega that more than holds its own (even if Ricci and Addams Family Values remain unbeaten), this is a treat.
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Aug 8, 2025
Season 2 Review:
There's an urgency and verve to the series that wasn't there in the almost lackadaisically paced first season, which seemed to going for a paint-by-numbers approach to plotting and stakes. Everything has been tightened and sharpened this time around, and the series is so much the better for it.
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Aug 6, 2025
Season 2 Review:
There are still strong “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” vibes — fine by me, because I liked that show a lot. But “Wednesday” works best when it leans most heavily into its history, a strange family happy in the misery they bring onto themselves and to others. To each their own.
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ColliderAug 6, 2025
Season 2 Review:
Wednesday's two-part season break ultimately weakens the story, cutting things off at the knees just as the plot is ramping up into a good place. Although this means that Part 2 will almost certainly be a wild ride, it means that Part 1 resembles more of an appetizer rather than a full meal.
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Nov 18, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Thanks to Ortega’s wildly entertaining blur of arch broadness and subtlety, plus creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar’s refusal to over-explain or over-evolve the eternally nihilistic goth favorite, Wednesday gets to come into her own here. Though the overall series is rarely quite at its leading lady’s level — adjust your expectations for more of an above-average CW dramedy — there are enough promising elements that I hope Wednesday gets the opportunity to make a second season with some refinements.
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Aug 5, 2025
Season 2 Review:
Wednesday herself seems less striking this season — she’s not any less unusual, but she is less distinct from her surroundings. Her classmates have embraced her, despite her objections, and her visits to the outside world are increasingly fleeting. Something is lost when there’s no culture clash in an Addams Family story. And yet in plenty of superficial ways, Wednesday has become a more entertaining show.
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