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- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary Harry (Percelle Ascott) and June (Sorcha Groundsell) run away together but there are powerful sources that want to separate them in this British supernatural teen series created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric.
Created By: Simon Duric, Hania Elkington
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
The Innocents (2018)
Season 1 Premiere: Aug 24, 2018
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5.7
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Summary Harry (Percelle Ascott) and June (Sorcha Groundsell) run away together but there are powerful sources that want to separate them in this British supernatural teen series created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric.
Created By: Simon Duric, Hania Elkington
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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85% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
70
85% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
15% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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It is a moody, misty drama that stays compelling even when it veers toward the obvious, with characters you care about even without knowing them well because they come across, most of them, as soulful even when they are not particularly nice.
As enticing as the shapeshifting is, it's the simplicity of June and Harry's authentic love for each other that makes The Innocents so dreamy.
It can be a little on the nose at times, and a few of the situations Harry and June get themselves into feel like distracting side stories--but it does offer up a unique blend of genres and influences. It’s John Green meets a more modern version of Jack Williamson’s Darker Than You Think, and for the majority of its first season it’s a compelling, moving contemplation of what it means to reckon with who you are.
The show is at its best when it does very sincere, persuasively performed versions of familiar genre themes.
At times, this lack of establishing a sense of place and motivation makes the series feel unmoored, but the action moves along rapidly all the way up to its last-minute sick twist.
At its core, this is a show sweetly more concerned with reaffirming the power lovers draw from one another than watching the world tear them apart in dramatic fashion. And even if what plot surrounds it is ultimately too shapeless to make you crave the too-eagerly teed-up second season, that’s an aim too refreshingly earnest not to embrace.
Like so much YA fiction, everything here is over-directed and over-written, allowing no room for the teen audience to interpret any deeper meaning. ... And it’s a particular shame that this is so frustrating because the young leads are charming and have solid chemistry. It’s the construction of everything around them--including a flat performance from the typically-solid Pearce--that lets them down.
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Based on 36 User Ratings
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Based on 36 User Ratings
5.7
56% Positive
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Production Company:
- New Pictures
Initial Release Date: Aug 24, 2018
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination