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- 2021
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2021
- TV-14
- NBC
Summary A gigantic sinkhole takes a group of Los Angeles residents, including a Eve Harris (Natalie Zea) and her son Josh (Jack Martin) into a primeval world where they must work together to find a way home in this drama series written by David Applebaum.
Created By: David Appelbaum
- 2021
- TV-14
- NBC
- 2021
- TV-14
- NBC
La Brea
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 28, 2021
44
4.0
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Summary A gigantic sinkhole takes a group of Los Angeles residents, including a Eve Harris (Natalie Zea) and her son Josh (Jack Martin) into a primeval world where they must work together to find a way home in this drama series written by David Applebaum.
Created By: David Appelbaum
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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89% Mixed
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8 Reviews
11% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
44
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
89% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
There’s enough to like about La Brea that will keep viewers watching, despite the show’s more silly and cheesy elements, especially the mystery of where the “lost” Angelenos are and why they’re there.
One of the characters says it seems like they’re in an episode of “Lost,” and unfortunately, “La Brea” is the latest TV show to borrow from the “Lost” playbook.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 41 User Ratings
4.0
17% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
32% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
51% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 41 User Ratings
4.0
17% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
32% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
51% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
As great as the series is at raising new questions, however, it’s not at all clear how good it’ll be at answering them. ... La Brea feels too middle-of-the-road to make much impression at all.
While the pilot doesn’t have the immediate adrenalin rush of the first “Lost” (almost nothing on TV does), it does set up just enough to keep viewers engaged. ... There’s also the sad news to report that “La Brea” doesn’t look very good. Now, the cheap effects could be improved by the budget that usually balloons from pilot to second episode, but “La Brea” needs to lean into its insane concept to work.
The shark-jumping occurred in Happy Days' fifth season. But a critic who waits five years to declare a shark jumped these days probably won't have a show left to declare dead; three and a half seasons is now considered a healthy lifespan for a TV series. So let's give mad props to NBC's La Brea, which vaults the Selachimorpha in precisely nine minutes when it debuts next week.
The characters are cutouts, and the primordial predators aren’t remotely frightening because the CGI budget isn’t high enough. It’s not a good show, but perhaps it’s not trying to be – this is popcorn entertainment that will keep you reasonably amused as it barrels along in its own silly way.
It’s tremendously, gloriously, educationally bad.
Little different but very similar to the Terra Nova show released in 2011. Unlike Terra Nova, this show will get a conclusion to the series with a short season 3 to close the book on the show. Enjoyed parts of La Brea but the acting is cringe at times. However, it kept me hooked enough to want to finish the show to its completion.
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Not nearly as bad as most reviews would suggest, however this show can easily be picked apart if you try to. There is a decent sci-fi disaster plot, though if it doesn't progress and give viewers some answers over time I can see how it might lose what little audience it has.
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La Brea is a TV series of the disaster and science fiction genres. The series has 3 good actors:
Zyra Gorecki as Izzy Harris, the daughter of Eve Harris. A lot of people may consider her the star of the series.
Natalie Zea as Eve Harris, the mother of Izzy Harris.
Eoin Macken as Gavin Harris, the husband of Eve Harris
The other actors range from professional to below average
The writing is sometimes not bad - but, at too many other times is not good. David Appelbaum wrote episode 1. He did not do a good job. This is not just me. I think most knowledgeable viewers know he did not write a good script.
I'll continue to watch the series. I think it has potential.
People with an interest in prehistory in the circa 10,000 BC era might be drawn to the series. It will be interesting to see how scientifically accurate the series is in reproducing that era.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company:
- Matchbox Pictures
- Keshet Studios
- Bad Apple
- Universal Television
- Goodwin Talent Agency
Initial Release Date: Sep 28, 2021
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Red Nation Film Festival
• 3 Nominations
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
