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Summary Set in the 1980s Indiana, a young boy named Will (Noah Schnapp) disappears into thin air and the search for him that includes Will's best friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard), leads to top secret experiments and a strange little girl (Millie Brown) in the woods.
Created By: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
Stranger Things
Season 1
5 Seasons
Season Premiere: Jul 15, 2016
76
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Summary Set in the 1980s Indiana, a young boy named Will (Noah Schnapp) disappears into thin air and the search for him that includes Will's best friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard), leads to top secret experiments and a strange little girl (Millie Brown) in the woods.
Created By: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
Where to Watch
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Get 3 Extra months free
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
76
85% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
15% Mixed
5 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
76
85% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
15% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Stranger Things reminds us of a time marked by a kind of no-strings escapism. And as it does so, we find ourselves yearning for it because the Duffers have made it so irresistibly appealing. There may be other equally great shows to watch this summer, but I guarantee you won’t have more fun watching any of them than you will watching Stranger Things.
There are some genuine scares in here but some heartfelt beats, too, along the way to the bloody climax.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 2,278 User Ratings
8.9
93% Positive
2117 Ratings
2117 Ratings
4% Mixed
97 Ratings
97 Ratings
3% Negative
64 Ratings
64 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 2,278 User Ratings
8.9
93% Positive
2117 Ratings
2117 Ratings
4% Mixed
97 Ratings
97 Ratings
3% Negative
64 Ratings
64 Ratings
It's the best season of the show. It stays grounded and keeps the mystery of Will's disappearance as the central plot hook.
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SEASON 1
The phenomenon that is Stranger Things largely passed me by when it appeared on many an avid fan's screen in 2016. It was on my radar thanks to insane hype but never really piqued my focus.
**** I deprive myself.
Season 1 is a masterclass in balancing genres. The near-seamless switch from 80s science fiction to fantasy to spine-tingling horror is so smooth it's almost criminal. Characters that steal your heart abound, and, in the town of Hawkins, Indiana, there's never a moment when the tension lets up.
So, while I might be late to the party and all on my lonesome with my experience, I am here, I am partying, and I'm not gonna stop. Season 1 of Stranger Things is damn near perfection in its themes, tone, and execution, mixing the colourfully goofy aesthetic of the 80s with supernaturally charged horror. It's balanced, smooth, and does what all shows wish they could from the outset: Stranger Things captures lightning in a bottle.
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SEASON 1
For the most part, and in absolute defiance of the odds, Stranger Things honors its source material in the best way possible: By telling a sweet ’n’ scary story in which monsters are real but so are the transformative powers of love and fealty.
Thanks to Ryder and her ability to make you tear up over rainbow Christmas lights, the show’s ultimate resolution resonates far more emotionally than it does cerebrally.
Stranger Things never establishes itself as anything more than a reminder of what was, instead of a celebration of past and present.
Things spends too much repetitious time trying to convince us that Mike, Dustin, and Lucas are cute kids, and the show’s sense of foreshadowing when it comes to revealing something that’s supposed to scare the daylights out of us becomes an exercise in tedium.