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- Netflix
- Jun 4, 2021
- Netflix
- Jun 4, 2021
- Netflix
- Jun 4, 2021
- Netflix
- Jun 4, 2021
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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95% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
5% Mixed
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1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
78
95% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
5% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
In Netflix’s new heartfelt, utterly enjoyable fairy tale series, “Sweet Tooth,” the post-apocalypse is refreshingly less inhospitable and dour. While it’s definitely not a completely fun-filled utopia, it is an antidote to the grimdark worlds we usually see in apocalyptic fantasy and one brimming with love, hope, beauty, and, well, sweet treats.
In short, "Sweet Tooth" exemplifies the best of what fantasy storytelling can be, creating a whole world without ever forgetting that the most important one of all is our own.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 50 User Ratings
6.8
66% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
10% Mixed
5 Ratings
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24% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 50 User Ratings
6.8
66% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
10% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
24% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
Compelling, different, surprising. I honestly thought I’d hate this and it turned out to be actually a good post-apocalyptic drama. As much as it should veer on unbelievable, it actually does well to hold it together into a cohesive story.
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SEASON 1
Fittingly switching between sweetness and bite, Sweet Tooth is a children’s fable fit for grown-ups. It’s not startlingly original but is buoyed by affecting chemistry between Christian Convery and Nonso Anozie.
If you can withstand the early earnestness, the lack of subtextual consistency shouldn’t be a problem, and so much of Sweet Tooth lands exactly on its desired terms. The performances are sturdy, the action scenes thrilling and Jeff Grace’s score conveys the right notes of adventure and melodrama.
Somehow whimsy, paranoia, sometimes brutal action and hard-pressed affection find a pleasing tonal balance throughout the first season’s eight episodes.
There’s probably a more spiritually faithful adaptation of the comic that could be interesting in our own pandemic-altered world, but it would be hard. Filtering the material through Gus’ (occasionally glowing) eyes creates just enough distance from reality to make the YA-style adventure feel like its own often thrilling thing, rather than yet another awkward reminder of the world beyond our quarantines.
It is either warmly eccentric or hysterically crazy, perfect entertainment or a horrifying attempt to parlay the pandemic into a commercially palatable mashup. It is undoubtedly aimed at a younger-than-full-adult audience; my 10-year-old is entranced. I am, too, although I can’t yet work out why.
originality, directing and cinematography are flawless with superb acting and screenwriting. The scenes are breathtakingly beautiful and lighting is always perfect .
The show is a joy to watch .
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SEASON 1
The show is dumb. If you can watch it without shouting at the tv "what!? What!? How!? That makes no sense!? Are you serious!?" Then you are dumb too. Sorry but it's true and you know it or you would if you weren't so dumb.
They took an excellent graphic novel and disneyfied it to the point of abstraction. It's not an adult show and it's way too violent for children so who is it for. I wanted to love it and it has some nice moments but it's so dumb dumb dumb. Also its offensive to survivors of the pandemic in the way they chose to portray the virus as it was filmed during the worst of the pandemic. The cgi is terrible which makes no sense in 2021 for Netflix and the music is heavy handed and lazy to force emotions. Overall a low budget poorly written missed opportunity which isn't for anyone except the dumb and those that wish they were dumb so they too could enjoy it as much as everyone else.
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SEASON 1
Lost me when it tried to preach. The world ended because of a virus per the show, but what we hear over and over is pollution and greed did it, even though the environment appears fine. And apparently flashy computers, make-up, hair dye, and Hot Topic are in good supply (though apparently shoelaces aren't?) Then we get lines like "I wish all the men were gone." JFC can we have nothing without some **** trying to teach their ****, backwards ass lessons? Shame as I was enjoying it until then. Even with its Postman knock-off vibes. Actor playing Gus is just a win.
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SEASON 1
bad
[ bad ]
adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
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SEASON 1
God, I don't get this show, although I do realise I'm probably not the target audience, but still...
Unfortunately, this show also reminds me how much I dislike a lot of child actors, he just immediately got on my nerves and never stopped, although I'm sure at least a good portion of that is down to the character to be fair to him.
Either way, by no means a must watch
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