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- Netflix
- Dec 16, 2016
- Netflix
- Dec 16, 2016
Summary Blind Prairie Johnson (Brit Marling) went missing seven years ago, only to return her sight restored in this sci-fi drama from Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij.
Created By: Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling
- Netflix
- Dec 16, 2016
- Netflix
- Dec 16, 2016
Summary Blind Prairie Johnson (Brit Marling) went missing seven years ago, only to return her sight restored in this sci-fi drama from Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij.
Created By: Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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59% Positive
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24% Mixed
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18% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
61
59% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
24% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
18% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
"The OA" is one of the most significant shows of the year simply because Marling and Batmanglij barrel through so many boundaries, stretch their combined imaginations so far and challenge the shopworn precepts of what is supposed to make an acceptable television series.
The less you know about it before going in the better. This is a must-watch series and if a feeling of incompleteness should fill your cavity upon completing it, simply cleanse your palette and start over again.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 387 User Ratings
7.4
73% Positive
284 Ratings
284 Ratings
8% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
19% Negative
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 387 User Ratings
7.4
73% Positive
284 Ratings
284 Ratings
8% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
19% Negative
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
A compellingly strange, eight-episode psychological thriller that the streaming service has more or less dropped on us without much advance notice.
Committing time to such programs requires a leap of faith. The OA mostly justifies that investment, even if the filmmakers couldn't quite stick the landing.
It unfurls slowly (so, so slowly, especially in its early episodes) into a cerebral sci-fi mystery not quite as compelling as it’s convinced it is.
It’s a winter binge suited for die-hards, but the viewer who needs a boost (character development, clear storytelling) to enter an imagined world will find the series a tough sit.
It’s weird, and slow, teasing and teasing its way to a payoff that is meant to seem profound and instead plays as utterly ludicrous and at times borders on offensive.
The show was really good at first. Then the interpretive dance started and every character stayed bland. The show had a mystery factor that kept me wanting more for awhile till about episode 6. I told myself to finish the first 8 episodes instead of stopping at 6 and that was a mistake.
Couldn't fall in love with any character
The story couldn't keep the mystery going
The acting feels embarrassing to watch at some points
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SEASON 1
Horribly pretentious. The best I can say is I kept watching to see if it would proved fruitful (it doesn't). There are enough puzzles to pique initial interest, but they are resolved in trite and sometimes laughable ways (The final reveal about the meaning of "The OA" made me audibly groan).
I really enjoyed another Brit Marling project, Sound of My Voice, but this just retreads some similar themes in a manner that is too drawn out and kitschy to have any real impact.
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