Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
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| Netflix | Release Date: December 28, 2018 |
Genre(s):
Drama, Science Fiction
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Positive:
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Mixed:
7
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1
IndieWire
Dec 28, 2018
Season 1 Review:
If Brooker had taken a more literal approach to the idea of doing an interactive narrative, it might have proven dull. Instead, he took this as an opportunity to tell a story about how difficult telling stories like these are, really leaning into the meta opportunities provided by that approach while also indulging in some undergrad-level philosophical musings about the nature of free will. It’s a blend that works better than one might think, veering from comedy to pathos to horror with relative ease.
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Jan 2, 2019
Jan 2, 2019
Dec 28, 2018
Season 1 Review:
The bottom line is that despite the promise of becoming a participant in the storytelling process -- and the allure of wedding games and narrative fiction -- a well-told tale, watched passively, still trumps a so-so one that fosters the game-like illusion of putting the viewer in the driver's seat.
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Jan 4, 2019
Season 1 Review:
Bandersnatch can be fun, if you’re entranced by its puzzle structure, or if you’ve always believed TV episodes would be better if only you could spend hours grinding through them again in order to watch 45 seconds of new footage. But it doesn’t make for much of a story. This is partly because the core plot is uninspired. ... It’s occasionally genuinely moving. But it’s not haunting in the way that comes from reaching the end of a story and realizing that the only “What now?” answer you get will have to come from you.
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The Daily Beast
Jan 2, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The interactive aspect of the viewing experience is seamless, and each adventure manages to be tonally unique and narratively distinct. But it turns out that when television starts to become a video game, the integrity of the story is muddied by the thrill of choice and control.
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Dec 28, 2018
Season 1 Review:
"Bandersnatch," as creative work and not as experiment, falls so short of the standard "Black Mirror" has set that to put it forward is to risk the credibility the series’s first four seasons have earned. ... Too little thought, ultimately, was given to how this plays as television.
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May 29, 2020
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Jun 8, 2020
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Nov 22, 2022
This was a lot of fun figuring out all of the different pathways and endings.
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Sep 6, 2020
Yeah, my life’s a movie
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May 29, 2019
Well, this is **** Started with an interesting plot, but became repetitive in the middle and some of the endings are utter bull****.
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Jul 27, 2021
Ciekawy eksperyment, który niestety przez swoją autotematykę nie potrafi z siebie nic wykrzesać ani pokazać pazura. Fajne na raz i do zapomnienia
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Mar 5, 2020
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