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- 2019
- TV-MA
- HBO
- 2019
- TV-MA
- HBO
Summary The teen drama based on the Israeli series of the same name about a group of teenagers including Rue (Zendaya), a 17-year-old drug addict, as they deal with school, love, friendship, sex and drugs.
Created By: Sam Levinson
- 2019
- TV-MA
- HBO
- 2019
- TV-MA
- HBO
Euphoria
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 16, 2019
70
7.6
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Summary The teen drama based on the Israeli series of the same name about a group of teenagers including Rue (Zendaya), a 17-year-old drug addict, as they deal with school, love, friendship, sex and drugs.
Created By: Sam Levinson
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
70
62% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
36% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
70
62% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
36% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Creator Sam Levinson always pushes further than most, shoving the desperation and disillusionment of a young and apparently mostly hopeless generation right in front of the camera. It’s strong stuff. It’s meant to be. “Euphoria” is its own kind of twisted high.
Every time that “Euphoria” threatens to sink into one of its less believable valleys—such as in Cal’s over-written arc this season—one of the young performers brings it back with an interesting choice or unexpected grace note. They’re all so very present in every scene of this show, creating characters who feel vibrantly alive.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 485 User Ratings
7.6
78% Positive
379 Ratings
379 Ratings
8% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
14% Negative
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 485 User Ratings
7.6
78% Positive
379 Ratings
379 Ratings
8% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
14% Negative
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
For me this is how you do it. I can't muster a single problem with it, that's worth mentioning, given the end result. It's the type of show that is so original and unique that you either love it or you hate it, but in whatever direction you go, it would be with a fiery passion. It is one of the very few TV series that sets my bar for a great show.
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Its louder moments are graphic and brash but its quieter moments are equally impactful, a well-modulated drama that knows when to push and then pull back. It’s hard to know where it will go and that’s part of its untamed appeal but as it stands, it’s one of the most audacious and effective new shows I have seen this year.
As someone who called the original superficial, this is the season that helped me “get” “Euphoria” and what it can be. But at the same time, its plotting and long-winded nature also make a great case that it should end with season two.
Levinson’s capable of making that ever-so-slightly comic and relaxed version of the show whenever he wants to. He just doesn’t seem interested in it. ... Euphoria is great enough often enough to excuse at least some of its bad behavior — even if the show also takes after Cassie, who admits at one point, “I keep making mistakes and not learning from them.”
Despite Zendaya's attention-getting, award-winning presence, the HBO series remains so unrelentingly bleak and nihilistic that it's overly defined by how far series creator Sam Levinson will push standards in terms of nudity, sex and drug use. (Answer: Pretty far indeed.)
Euphoria has all the elements of a juicy teen soap, but the high school antics are curdled into their most sickening formulations, the fun sanded off till the skin is raw. Everywhere you look is only sadness and debasement. Euphoria has plenty of antecedents, other teen incitements that push a frenzied kind of emptiness—Kids, Skins, Less Than Zero—but there’s an especial dullness to Euphoria’s provocation.
Do you know what ten is? This is **** ten. .........
Writers are the best. They **** know.
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The cinematography is amazing and really inventive, everything from set-pieces to period piece episodes engages the audience. The first season started out very strong, but it ended up leaving me with questions. The two specials were substanceless and made me weary for the second season. I still approached with excitement as the show is captivating and worth a watch. However, halfway through it loses the plot and becomes obvious if not boring. When watching tv shows I personally always think of rewatchability and with season 2's end, they make it clear none of the plot development will be rewarded and thus not worth revisiting.
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Euphoria's inaugural season was complex to say the least. Season one held high highs and low lows with the majority of its positives coming in the way of acting and cinematography. Still, the first season left me with a feeling of dissatisfaction with the majority of the whole while still holding out hope that the true themes of the drug epidemic, teenage sexuality, and young adulthood would shine through in its second outing. Unfortunately Euphoria season 2 takes what the first season built and plunges into a horrific nose dive into what could very well be to the definition of "bad taste". This may be an intentional choice by the showrunners, but there hasn't been an episode where I felt like I was watching a show with a message. Most of it is simply unpleasant to bear witness to. While the cinematography and performances tend to shine the brightest, (particularly in Zendaya's Rue), the show caves in on itself due to the weight of its own lust for misery.
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It's an entire world populated by undesirable, self-involved people, and then places them in scenarios where their worst traits destroy them. These characters take themselves wayyy too seriously. It's a dour, gristly, humorless undertaking perhaps for teenage viewers who also want to learn to take themselves more seriously than they should.
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Production Company:
- A24
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- Little Lamb
- The Reasonable Bunch
Initial Release Date: Jun 16, 2019
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Genres:
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 9 Wins & 25 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 4 Wins & 25 Nominations
