The OA (TV Series)

"One of the Year’s Most Important Films (...) Of all the ways Netflix's 'The OA' might blow your mind, what it means for cinema — and the future of narrative storytelling — is the most exciting." 

"The show’s surprise arrival also mirrors the show’s narrative approach, which is dazzling in its insistence on avoiding straight lines and favoring hairpin turns (...) The whole experience is so absorbing that I now regret having made my top TV shows of 2016 list so early." 

"The result an impressive and enthralling yarn, which makes you hope that its star will not herself be missing from our screens (...) for too long." 

"'The OA' tries and fails to deliver on its mysterious premise (...) [It] is fascinating and adventurous, both with formal limitations like episode runtime and narrative experimentation." 

"A failed, but not wholly worthless, experiment in TV auteurism." 

"'The OA' is one of the most significant shows of the year simply because Marling and Batmanglij barrel through so many boundaries, stretch their combined imaginations so far and challenge the shopworn precepts of what is supposed to make an acceptable television series."