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- HBO Max
- Nov 18, 2020
- HBO Max
- Nov 18, 2020
- HBO Max
- Nov 18, 2020
- HBO Max
- Nov 18, 2020
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
78
96% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
4% Mixed
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1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
78
96% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
4% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
[Cuoco] gives charm, wit and true confidence to a character who would otherwise be a hot mess we would neither care about nor believe in. It’s joyfully astonishing to see her spread her wings – and fly.
Stressful to watch at times but intriguing, funny and thrilling, The Flight Attendant is a drama that takes a little while to take off but is an eight-parter stuffed with terrific performances from its stellar cast, particularly Cuoco.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 User Ratings
6.5
60% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
24% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
17% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 User Ratings
6.5
60% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
24% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
17% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
It’s a lot of fun, if you’re willing to go along for a ride that doesn’t always track but almost always entertains. It’s a thriller, and it’s a drama, but it’s also almost a comedy, with a brisk pace and a playful tone. It takes itself seriously, but only to a point.
With slick directing from Susanna Fogel, a jazzy score from Blake Neely, and sporadic flashes to Cassie’s terrified subconscious, the show quickly becomes a surreal noir with a solid screwball performance at its center.
A fast-moving mystery anchored by Kaley Cuoco's versatile lead performance, The Flight Attendant is the TV equivalent of a beach read, pure and simple. Only what it accomplishes is actually not so simple; most shows of this type tend to get weighed down by the clumsiness of broadcast storytelling or the pretensions of cable prestige. The Flight Attendant seems happy to be enjoyed and disposed of. It has a confidence of identity that I appreciated.
Reconciling these two stories is a real trick; the four episodes made available for this review (out of eight) certainly achieve the story’s nonstop anxiety level, but one gets the feeling that the whole thing would come apart without Cuoco’s impressive grip on the character: a woman who is out of control, expertly played by an actress who demonstrates such precision.
There is, even so, a sprightliness to this lurid tale, though a kind that goes dead, much like a stalled engine. ... The show’s tone is at its best in the real-world snappy exchanges between Cassie and her loyal if confused band of fellow flight attendants who notice her air of disconnectedness—and liveliest in her talks with her lawyer friend.
Kaley Cuoco holds this series together with a fantastically messy and charming performance - but after a strong start you can feel the wheels coming off the refreshment trolley. The shallowness of the plot starts to hamper the show’s momentum and despite a good amount of fun characters chewing the scenery I found my attention drifting by the midway point.
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SEASON 1
Great series, couldn't wait to see how it developed.
A whole different level of acting to Big Bang theory, really made me feel the story.
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SEASON 1
This Flight Attendant is as shallow, badly written(and acted - Cuoco is playing herself) and deprived of imagination as those cheap summer paperbacks that used to wait for the bored, tourist at the airport. Just average Netflix, Hulu, Disney +, HBO Max algo-based fare.
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SEASON 1
