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- 2022
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
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...
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
Paper Girls
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 13, 2022
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7.0
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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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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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65% Positive
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35% Mixed
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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 60 User Ratings
7.0
68% Positive
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
7% Mixed
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25% Negative
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15 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 60 User Ratings
7.0
68% Positive
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
7% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
25% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
Excellent in virtually all respects. Great engaging cast, wonderful writing and brain twisting premise that will keep you coming back. Production quality is solid though tightness of the budget peeps through at times.
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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.
Nice idea but ruined by their Disneyesque child abuse and WOKE stupidity. They are ruining everything, mostly entertainment. We'd rate this "don't waste your time."
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Unfortunately the show is not well executed. There are some interesting themes but it’s just not done well. Some of the kids seem decent in their roles, but the rest of the actors are pretty bad. It’s so slow and meandering. It seems like the whole first season contains about two episodes worth of engaging story. It’s low budget to boot.
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Neither the characters nor the story are interesting enough to support such a slow moving plot. The characters are generic and cliché. What is the underground? I don’t care. Who are the people in white? I don’t care. Time travel has been used too much. It’s not interesting anymore. This show is slow and bland. The only positive point is the girls are not Mary Sue or gender swapped. But if you want a show with female protagonists please make it interesting and not so effin slow. I do not have time to waste waiting for the plot to move along. Like most people I have limited entertainment time and cannot waste it on slow boring shows.
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Production Company:
- Amazon Studios
- Legendary Television
- Plan B Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Jun 13, 2022
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
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• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
