Brand New Cherry Flavor: Season 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: August 13, 2021

Summary: Aspiring filmmaker Lisa N. Nova (Rosa Salazar) wants revenge after producer Lou Burke (Eric Lange) breaks a promise in 1990s Hollywood in the horror/thriller limited series based on Todd Grimson's novel of the same name.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Horror, Suspense

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IndieWire Steve Greene

Aug 9, 2021

Rarely has a story about a movie proven the old adage that “no one knows anything” quite like this. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Aug 12, 2021

It's as ambitious as anything Netflix has produced this year. Held together by an incredible performance by Rosa Salazar, it’s not a show in which everything "works," but it’s also quickly easy to forgive its missteps because it’s clearly the product of a showrunner willing to take risks. ... Recalling everything from “Wild Palms” to “Lost Highway,” “Brand New Cherry Flavor” will be far too strange for a lot of Netflix subscribers—this is a good thing. Read full review

Tom Long

Aug 12, 2021

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. Read full review

Polygon Joshua Rivera

Aug 13, 2021

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. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Aug 12, 2021

[Rosa Salazar] isn’t the only reason to watch Brand New Cherry Flavor, but she’s surely the best reason to keep watching a show that, stretched far beyond the capacity of the material at eight hours, will probably be too disturbing for those who like their entertainment vanilla and too vanilla for those who like their entertainment truly and consistently disturbing. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Aug 13, 2021

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. Read full review

Judy Berman

Aug 11, 2021

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. Read full review

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erolsabadosh

Aug 28, 2021

I really loved this show! It gave me Cronenberg meets Lynch vibes with a nice dose of dark comedy added into the mix. Fantastic performances and direction, I would love to see another season.

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vacivity

Aug 18, 2021

Fun fun fun. Creepy, sexy, cool, amusing. A Jägerbomb of a TV series. I had a blast. Kudos to all involved in creating this.

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richard14

Aug 15, 2021

Energy flows in this deep phychological-bilogical-mind horror. With a touch of Lynch, Cronenberg, Buñuel. Rosa Salazar (as Lisa Nova), Catherine Keener (as Boro), both, give so precious acting.

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UncleWillard

Aug 13, 2021

I'm laughing at Time and CNN not liking this. Figures, as I can't stand either of those outlets. This, however, I thoroughly enjoyed. Didn't care for the rotoscope series on Amazon with Rosa Salazar, and she didn't impress me otherwise, but she really carried this. Everyone was good and itI'm laughing at Time and CNN not liking this. Figures, as I can't stand either of those outlets. This, however, I thoroughly enjoyed. Didn't care for the rotoscope series on Amazon with Rosa Salazar, and she didn't impress me otherwise, but she really carried this. Everyone was good and it is a real, **** up ride. Kinda like The Player meets Reanimator.… Expand

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LQH11

Aug 15, 2021

Inventive. Darkly comedic. Great fun. BNCF is neo horror. Knowing in its depiction of “Hollywood” and use of LA locations, the show feels absurd and plausible at the same time.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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  Air Date: August 13, 2021
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