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- Netflix
- Jan 27, 2023
- Netflix
- Jan 27, 2023
- Netflix
- Jan 27, 2023
- Netflix
- Jan 27, 2023
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
78
86% Positive
6 Reviews
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14% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
78
86% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
14% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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All in all, Lockwood is an appealing blend of noir-tinged detective tale, horror, and lowkey teen drama with just the right amount of witty banter.
It’s very satisfying in its own straight-ahead manner — touching and quick on its feet, with an excellent performance by Ruby Stokes (the sixth sibling in “Bridgerton”) as Lucy, the female point in the typical two-guys-and-a-girl teenage-melodrama triangle.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
6.4
55% Positive
12 Ratings
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27% Mixed
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18% Negative
4 Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
6.4
55% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
27% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
18% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Lockwood & Co. is a lively adaptation of the book series, helped along by good chemistry between its leads.
There are mysteries, sword fights and jump scares aplenty, as well as some marvellous supporting turns from Ivanno Jeremiah as the no-nonsense Inspector Barnes and Luke Treadaway as The Golden Blade, who strike the perfect balance of camp and gravitas.
Driven in particular by Stokes’s gutsy performance, it has a zinging underdog charm. It’s impossible to say if it will be as big a hit as Wednesday. But it certainly has the potential to suck Gen-Zers into its satisfyingly sinister world.
The latest in a long line of YA supernatural sagas from Netflix is a cut above, thanks to smart choices from showrunner Joe Cornish and a sparky young cast.
Unfortunately, it’s easy enough to see where the twists and turns are going to take us - and what could have been a huge plot twist to set up the final episode can be seen a mile away. But it’s Cornish’s ability to bring the most terrifying parts of Stroud’s novels to life (or to death) that sets Lockwood & Co apart from Netflix’s other fantasy offerings.
It's alright. I can see hispters enjoying it a lot. It's gonna stay niche and not get renewed for season 2.
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SEASON 1
It's not TERRIBLE, but that's about the only compliment I can give it, so that should give you a fair idea of the quality.
If you're not sure, just look up Netflix's own trailer of the show. It's a bit over a minute of a teenager trying to look competent as he flails about with a sword while another teenager hangs onto a shoddy wooden picture frame that wouldn't support something a tenth of her body weight. This while a ghost screams annoyingly (not spooky, not scary, just annoying) at them, loudly.
That's it. That's the show in a nutshell.
It doesn't deserve a second season, and probably won't get one.
Didn't read the books so I have no idea if the casting was appropriate or not. I was just looking for something with ghosts in it to watch one day and put this on. Made it almost halfway through. But why am I rating it a 4 then? Because I drop most netflix originals after a single episode. This might be meh, but when most netflix originals barely rise to the level of trash, that's an achievement!
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