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- Prime Video
- Jun 13, 2022
- Prime Video
- Jun 13, 2022
Summary The day after Halloween in 1988, Erin, Mac, Tiffany, and KJ were delivering newspapers when they are accidently transported into the future by battling time-travelers. The girls must learn to work together to save the world and get back to 1988 in this series based on the graphic novels written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Clif...
- Prime Video
- Jun 13, 2022
- Prime Video
- Jun 13, 2022
Summary The day after Halloween in 1988, Erin, Mac, Tiffany, and KJ were delivering newspapers when they are accidently transported into the future by battling time-travelers. The girls must learn to work together to save the world and get back to 1988 in this series based on the graphic novels written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Clif...
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Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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65% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
35% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
70
65% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
35% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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I would rank it as one of the year’s best shows, for what it does right and what it doesn’t bother doing, for the intelligence of the writing and the natural flow of its dialogue, and the impressively deep performances of its phenomenally talented young cast — not actual 12-year-olds, but near enough.
Emotional performances ground the sci-fi epic in the recognizable details of growing up. As girls from the ’80s grapple with the uncomfortable realities of futures they’re just starting to build, the show expands—without ever getting tangled in too many story lines—to imagine how the future of humanity might be shaped by decisions we make today. Overstuffed with plot but bereft of substance, Stranger Things wishes it had so much left to say.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
7.5
75% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
6% Mixed
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19% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 User Ratings
7.5
75% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
6% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
19% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
At its core, Paper Girls is a coming-of-age story that anybody can see themselves in. It is a story about family, perseverance, confronting our insecurities, and embracing what makes each person different all in the middle of an at times overly ambitious story of time travel.
Paper Girls viewers may require a bit more time to accept what this show is doing. But once they embrace the reality in front of them, they’ll likely enjoy it a lot.
The issue with Paper Girls is how it drip-feeds exposition in an attempt to create mystery, a method that often leaves you confused. ... More casual viewers might not have the patience for Paper Girls’ somewhat chaotic narrative. Those who do stick around, however, will be rewarded with characters that have more heart than those tweens in Hawkins, Indiana.
"Paper Girls" possesses a "Stranger Things"-wannabe vibe, blending coming-of-age elements, time travel, nostalgia and science fiction. The result makes for a semi-watchable Amazon series that feels a little too convoluted to satisfactorily deliver.
The problem is, whether due to budgetary limits or a desire to streamline the comics, the show flattens the look and scope of the story into something decidedly dull and derivative.
light on ****
FFW to the rescue
Why are we targeting light scifi to girls? My daughters are wired for social not adventure of stem fantasy.
Time travel, war, hegemony
It's like today without time travel
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SEASON 1
I've had it with early-1980s cute-kiddie nostalgia pieces. Let ET stand on its own and let's move on.
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SEASON 1
The first episode looked cheap and uninteresting. I can't believe they packed the comic's first part (six issues) into one lousy episode.
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SEASON 1
Another of those subtle woke productions. It's sad that youngsters are abused by adults to make money with the promise of fame. One could almost say this is another Disney production that subliminally injects their bigoted lifeview into an otherwise interesting idea. We rate this a "don't support such trash."
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SEASON 1
Boring and bland from the very beginning. I don't know who is the target of this show but they aren't smart girls.
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