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reviews are for stranger things Season Five, From enthusiastic to mediocre,
Has been a big part of supernatural thriller series Netflix original programming Since it started in 2016. As the show reaches its climax in its final season, the residents of Central City, Hawkins, Indiana, must take control of their destiny as a showdown looms between the grown-up teen heroes and the evil villain, Vecna.
Some critics suggested that the first four episodes were a sign of a dangerous finale.GuardianJack Seal, in his four-star review, wrote: “This spectacular final race will have you standing on a chair and screaming with joy.”
London Standard’Vicki Jessop was equally enthusiastic, writing: “This is classic eighties adventure fare at its finest: kids outwitting adults, plenty of humor and a surprising amount of heart. I devoured it – more please.”
But not all critics were as satisfied. The Independent’nick hilton said in his three-star review that the new series was “the victim of what I call Marvelization: a feeling against which the drama needs to be set.” infinite A battle between humans and supernatural beings.
He pointed out frustrating delays in the plot, writing: “The episodes in this first installment range from 57 minutes to 86 minutes (the fourth season finale was an eye-drying 139), which requires a lot of About Killing the Demogorgon, About Escaping from Vecna’s clutches, About Saving humanity…stranger things The work can be done with a little more satisfaction, a little less delay.”
USA TodayKelly Lawler said that the show “oscillates between exciting and annoying”, while atlanticSophie Gilbert described much of it as “largely joyless and serious”.
Others pointed out that despite the time jump added in the new season, the central characters who are supposed to be teenagers – Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, and Gaten Matarazzo – are now apparently in their twenties after almost a decade on the series, which sometimes feels awkward.
hollywood reporterAngie Hahn said: “It’s time to let these teenagers do what teenagers should do: grow up and move on with the rest of their lives.”
DiversityAlison Harman argued that the show has lost its original appeal, writing: “As it ages, it declines in the richness of its characters, stranger things Finds itself trapped in arrested development. When you go big without going deep, you get thin.”
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Earlier this morning, fans reported that Netflix had crashed within minutes of its release stranger things Season FiveWhich left viewers unable to stream the early episodes of the long-awaited final series.
The outages began almost immediately after the episode ended, according to outage tracker DownDetector, which recorded more than 14,000 reports in the US.
stranger things Follows the residents of Hawkins when a young girl with psychokinetic abilities opens a gateway between Earth and an alternate dimension known as the Upside Down.
The second volume of the final series, consisting of three episodes, will be released on Christmas Day, and the finale, titled “The Rightside Up”, will be shared on New Year’s Eve.
The show’s finale will also be released in more than 350 movie theaters beginning on December 31 at 8 PM ET, continuing through January 1, 2026. The exact theaters offering viewing will be announced in due course.
The first four episodes are now streaming on Netflix.