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- 2021
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- 2021
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- Netflix
Brand New Cherry Flavor
Season 1 Premiere: Aug 13, 2021
62
7.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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54% Positive
7 Reviews
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38% Mixed
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8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
62
54% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Rarely has a story about a movie proven the old adage that “no one knows anything” quite like this.
The tone here is David Lynch meets David Cronenberg meets Quentin Tarantino, moody and heightened in the early episodes, then ever more weird and gory. It all hinges on Salazar and treatises may be written on her huge, expressive eyes, which jump between angered, exhausted, erotic and (repeatedly) horrified.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
7.2
67% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
22% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
11% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
7.2
67% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
22% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
11% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
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The most original show I've seen in a long, long while. The acting was superb [Salazar, Keener, and Lange all knocked it out of the park]. The story was very captivating - those complaining about needing more "answers" or the ending remaining "unresolved" need better imaginations, imo. Despite my live for the show, I do have a few gripes - some of the acting direction for the second half [if I'm being honest, it's a single actor] was very poor. I get what they were going for with the character, but idk if it was the actor or the direction, I just didn't feel it.
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In another show, Lisa might have been the naïve victim in a cautionary tale about what can happen in the pursuit of power. Instead, as the series brings her own transgressions into focus, she remains bracingly imperfect, an anchor for the deep and hopeless pessimism that Brand New Cherry Flavor clearly and forcefully articulate.
Most of its imagery recalls better projects like Mulholland Drive or eXistenZ, but Antosca and Zion’s commitment to telling a deeply unsettling occult story is, for lack of a better word, bewitching.
The flavor certainly has bite, and for some, that’ll be enough. But as the macabre and just plain odd moments pile up, it’s pretty clear that this is one of those made-to-binge brews that’s the streaming-TV equivalent of empty calories.
Despite its game cast, some unique imagery, and plenty of gore, we’ve seen this story before and done better.
A technically competent, thematically bankrupt, utterly gratuitous pastiche of L.A. noir and body horror in the early David Cronenberg mold. ... “This world we live in is predators and prey. And each and every one of us is both,” Lou tells Lisa, in the first episode. ... As disappointing as such a glib argument would be from a better-made series, it renders Cherry Flavor fully execrable.
A visceral (and often disgusting) surreal horror noir. The 90's are the backdrop. The characters believable oddities. It's well produced with what I guess is a statement on Hollywood (It's ugly and horrible) The lead character is a self centred narcissist, the least likeable of all the players. You'll have to watch to see if karma visits her.
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This show is ballsy
I mean the story is kinda thin, but the concept, the visuals, tone and atmosphere are pretty good.
I love the fact that it's not afraid of being grotesque.
I wasn't convinced by its final stretch, nor its conclusion, but in general it was an entertaining show as well as bizarre.
Not for everyone though.
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I never imagined a show with so much weirdness could ever manage to also be relentlessly boring, but brand new cherry flavor manages to pull it off. Awful, tedious pacing. Every scene is drawn out and uneventful. The character's motives are shallow, unbelievable, and uninteresting.
The main character's original motive for revenge, not getting to direct her movie, is the trauma of somehow who has never known anything but privilege. To everyone else, it's just everyday disappointment.
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I’ve seen a lot of stupid **** on Netflix, but at this point they must be wiping their asses with the idea of making money. I watched this because a reviewer I enjoy gave it high praise. Man, I don’t know what he was smoking but this is some of the most valid, boring crap I’ve ever seen. Pacing issues, lighting issues, it appears someone shot half this on their cell phone while high. The “humor” is unfunny, the effects cheesy, and the plot nonexistent. Save your brain and go watch The Boys if you want dark comedy.
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Production Company:
- Eat the Cat
- Netflix
- Universal Content Productions (UCP)
Initial Release Date: Aug 13, 2021
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1 Nomination
