Cruel Summer
Taste attributes: dramamysterypsychologicalthrillerfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads
"The truth is how you see it."
Boxlist takeAn original mystery series that is intricate, weighty and dark. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
Taking place over three summers - 1993, 1994, 1995 - in a small Texas town, a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.
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- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2021
- Runtime
- 42 min
- Status
- Returning Series
- Studio
- Entertainment One
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
