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Cursed (TV Series)

Cursed

2020

Frank Miller (Creator), Tom Wheeler (Creator) ...

Katherine Langford, Sebastian Armesto, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Emily Coates ...

4.6

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TV Series. Thriller. Fantasy TV Series (2020). 10 Episodes. A teenage sorceress named Nimue encounters a young Arthur on his quest to find a powerful and ancient sword.

	Media	Author	Review
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] lacks the inspired fits of lunacy that made 'Witcher' watchable (...) It also, however, lacks the long stretches of utter amateurism that sometimes made 'Witcher' unwatchable"
		Judy Berman Time	"'Cursed' may not be the most serious or profound program that TV has to offer, but you won’t find many shows more solidly built or satisfying"
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"[It] is atrociously written, almost no one can act and yet ... at times during its 10 beautifully meaningless hours, it’s great fun (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Huw Fullerton Radio Times	"Overall the storytelling does a good job of showcasing varied, interesting characters in a growing cycle of violence (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"The series handsomely features the expected trappings (...) but puts them together in a fairly tiresome way. It's not bad, exactly, just lifeless."
		George Griffiths Metro	"[It] takes more inspiration from the busy yet lifeless final season of ['Game of Thrones'] than its intelligent and thrilling first instalments (...) Confused mythology and uneven storytelling (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"
		Kayla Sutton AV Club	"It’s occasionally enchanting, if often confused about what plot it’s following at any given time (...) [It] isn’t nearly as captivating [as the source material], but it still manages to be a quaint escape from reality."
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"Langford has a star’s charisma, but has been presented a brief that the show’s writing can’t quite resolve: playing both a fierce leader and a vulnerable young person"
		Beth Webb Empire	"The show’s writing grows in confidence as it rumbles onwards, peppered with gorgeous, sprawling animated segments and showcasing Langford’s abilities as a rising action star (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Michael Hogan Telegraph	"Fantasy fans will find much to enjoy in this series based on the 'Lady of the Lake' – but it's let down by a needlessly over-complicated story (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Deirdre Molumby entertainment.ie	"Everything about 'Cursed' feels poorly developed. It's all just very safe and dull and samey. It feels like it's borrowing from a whole lot of other fantasy texts (...) in a hope that there'll be some sort of emotional resonance"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"I’m somewhere in the middle. Not blown away – mostly due to the irritating and insisting romance taking up so much space – but still intrigued by the plot."
		Wenlei Ma News	"[It] creates a character that is to be pitied, rather than someone you can relate to or a hero you can root for (...) The production values also look cheap"
		Joel Keller Decider	"[It] works when it sticks to Nimue and Arthur, and doesn’t when it comes to just about anything else. But it still may be worth watching for those who want to scratch their fantasy itch."

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