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Wednesday
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 23, 2022
66
7.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
66
50% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
46% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
66
50% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
46% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Ortega kills as the gifted, nihilistic teen who’d rather hang out in a crypt than a club. ... Gimmicky callbacks to the films and the 1964 TV series are rare and strategically deployed in this streaming iteration of the franchise. ... Burton’s sensibilities and style are all over this irresistibly quirky, sardonic whodunit. ... “Wednesday” is brilliant on every level.
It loses something by not setting Wednesday against normality, as the films did, and by having a more fissured version of the Addams clan. The love and unity of the family against the world was always one of the great pleasures, in whatever incarnation you met them. But it has enough wit, charm and propulsive energy for that not to matter as much as it might have.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 400 User Ratings
7.2
72% Positive
287 Ratings
287 Ratings
14% Mixed
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
14% Negative
55 Ratings
55 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 400 User Ratings
7.2
72% Positive
287 Ratings
287 Ratings
14% Mixed
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
14% Negative
55 Ratings
55 Ratings
It's a romp. Silly, funny, with an interesting style and sensibility. The various mysteries were interesting enough and believable enough to be somewhat satisfying. The acting, across the board, was solid and interesting. I don't know what people expect from a dark suspense comedy, but this show delivers a great one. 10/10
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Una gran manera de traer de vuelta a un personaje secundario querido de antaño por mucha gente. La historia nos pone de lleno desde su primer capítulo en un misterio que envuelve a Merlina, además de mostrar al espectador que ella no es solo chica siniestra con aspecto gótico, sino que es una chica con agallas capaz de defenderse del peligro y con una interesante problemática con todo lo que la rodea, incluyendo a su familia.
Dedos es una gran mascota para la serie y los personajes secundarios son bastante buenos, siendo bastante diversos sin ser puestos de una forma forzada en pantalla.
Absolutamente una gran serie de misterio, pero igual con excelentes escenas de acción.
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“Wednesday” succeeds thanks to its familiar protagonist and her macabre-loving family.
It is often delightful, despite its deliberate darkness, but “Wednesday” is many things, including a murder mystery, a teen romance and a boarding-school soap opera with a quasi-macabre curriculum. Its heroine is all over the place and it does feel as if eight episodes weren’t enough to quite nail down what the tone of her character and story will eventually be.
The plotting sets up numerous arcs that feel promising. And then “Wednesday” succumbs to what plagues so many Netflix shows—narrative wheel-spinning, a lack of momentum, and that sense that this would all have been a better film than a TV series. It never completely loses 100% of the energy of its premiere, but the ingenuity of the first hour fades as the season progresses like all of the colors in the wardrobe of Wednesday Addams.
Shockingly good casting (and a typically Gothic score from Danny Elfman) aside, there’s little to recommend about Wednesday. It feels like a reconstituted mush of Tim Burton’s late-career apathy, the vagaries of the Netflix streaming show model, and the unholy resurrection of the corpse of IP.
The show’s dialogue is flavorless at best and laughable at worst. ... Though she has zero to work with, horror-movie fave Ortega does what she can with her character, nailing the deadpan delivery Christina Ricci perfected in the ’90s movies. ...Others caught up in this dreck include Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, and Fred Armisen. What’s more, horror legend Tim Burton directed half the season’s episodes; but the show’s visual language is so flat that you’d never know.
Very very nice and solid story and lovable characters especially Enid, the show is rich in character depth and development. We are looking forward for more seasons.
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Decent but wayyy over rated. Jenna Ortega is great in the main role, however the other characters are kinda meh. There are a few twists which I enjoyed, but overall the CGI is very cheap looking (why does the monster look like that, like c'mon) and the show can be cringey at times. I did like 'thing' though. 6.5/10.
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Who doesn't know them, the funny creepy Addams Family, a TV series from the 60's and the really well done movies from the 90's. Now this Netflix show is mainly about daughter Wednesday, who has to solve a case at boarding school. Tim Burton directed the first four episodes. Hence the high quality at the beginning of the series, unfortunately this weakens noticeably in the course of the last few episodes. Nonetheless, the series is worth watching. Unfortunately, as with many Netflix series and films of the last two or three years, there are many woke elements here, too, a bit weaker, but the undertone of misandry is there. If you ignore these slight flaws, it's a successful series that entertains, nothing more.
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Seriously, why is this receiving such high praise? Beyond Catherine Zeta-Jones, who is fantastic, the casting is a joke. The lead, Ortega, is highly overrated and a cheap Hispanic knockoff of Ricci’s Wednesday. It really feels like I’m wanted to like her more than I actually do. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that I’ve seen better acting in high school plays. The writing and general plot don’t save this from the acting either because they’re both steaming piles. Had high hopes, especially with all the praise and hype, but was disappointed.
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Production Company:
- MGM Television
- Millar Gough Ink
- Tim Burton Productions
- Toluca Pictures
Initial Release Date: Nov 23, 2022
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 14 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 4 Wins & 12 Nominations
