Wednesday

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 23, 2022
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26

Critic Reviews

  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Jenna Scherer
    Nov 21, 2022
    33
    The show’s dialogue is flavorless at best and laughable at worst. ... Though she has zero to work with, horror-movie fave Ortega does what she can with her character, nailing the deadpan delivery Christina Ricci perfected in the ’90s movies. ...Others caught up in this dreck include Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, and Fred Armisen. What’s more, horror legend Tim Burton directed half the season’s episodes; but the show’s visual language is so flat that you’d never know.

Awards & Rankings

15
#15 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

User Reviews

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User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 173 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 118 out of 173
  2. Mixed: 32 out of 173
  3. Negative: 23 out of 173
  1. darkthepro
    Nov 28, 2022
    0
    I had low expectations after watching the trailer but I wasn't expecting it to be that bad
  2. Gumdrop
    Nov 29, 2022
    1
    I've been a Tim Burton fan for years. The man has brought us some amazing stuff. This isn't one of them. This is a teen drama masquerading asI've been a Tim Burton fan for years. The man has brought us some amazing stuff. This isn't one of them. This is a teen drama masquerading as an Addams Family tale. It feels like it was made by people who've never seen anything Addams. They've only ever heard it described, poorly. It's like they completely misunderstood the Addams Family and their characters.

    All the characters feel off. It's like they tried so hard to do something different that they took it too far and in the wrong direction. They've turned Pugsley into a snivelling wimp. Morticia and Gomez lack everything that has always made them the perfect blend of charming and twisted. There's no chemistry between them and you feel none of the trademark Addams Family love.
    And then there's Wednesday. Sure, she's always been a bit of a morbid sociopath, but it's always been in a fun, charming way. And there was always a hint that there was still something else underneath it all. That deep down, she still loved her family. But there's none of that here. They removed everything and just left the dark part without any of the charm. And that alone might be tolerable. Except that also made her just another angsty teenager who hates her mom.    … Full Review »
  3. Barny
    Nov 27, 2022
    0
    Great sets, costumes, photography, music. The rest is a complete perversion of the backstory and the characters. This is not a loving family,Great sets, costumes, photography, music. The rest is a complete perversion of the backstory and the characters. This is not a loving family, this is a dangerously perverted bunch of horrible people.

    There is no chemistry between Morticia & Gomez: she is unlovingly, cold and he is the exemplification of the sweaty pervert collecting female underwear. Wednesday is a psychopath, Pugsley a spineless wimp. The high school environment is just mocking the viewers.

    In fact, the depravity of the show is exemplified by thing: instead of being a simple helpful, sometime whimsical creature, It a stitched up frankenstein-monster like assembly: it removes all the charm, the fun and the love of the originals dating 1964 and replaces it by the perverted and sick mindset of these days.    … Full Review »
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