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JoBlo
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"[3rd Season Review]: it is the best yet for the series, with a balance of action, drama, humor, sex, and monsters" |
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United States |
SlashFilm
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"[3rd Season Review]: the story finds a way to embrace its own eccentricities (...) While season 3 is no perfect puzzle box, its pieces eventually fall into place" |
POS
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United Kingdom |
Radio Times
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"[3rd Season Review]: On its own, volume 1 is a fairly well-crafted beginning to the season, giving us most things we could want from 'The Witcher' and raising the stakes as we knew it would (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United States |
Ready Steady Cut
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"[3rd Season Review]: the first half of 'The Witcher' Season 3 remains a frustratingly messy adventure that still can’t quite capitalize on the franchise’s obvious potential. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" |
NEU
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United States |
Mashable
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"[3rd Season Review]: An immense political and magical story cleverly woven through five episodes, with the actors appearing well settled in their roles by this point" |
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Canada |
CBR
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"[3rd Season Review]: A mediocre continuation of a franchise that is quickly losing its charm" |
NEG
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United States |
The Verge
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"[3rd Season Review]: this season is also a return of form of sorts, bringing 'The Witcher' back to the things that make it unique — it’s funny, bloody, and sexy. There’s even a bath scene, which is as Witcher as it gets." |
POS
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United States |
Decider
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"[3rd Season Review]: [It] has enough story and action to satisfy fans of the show. We just wish the characters had a bit more to say" |
NEU
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United States |
Collider
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"[3rd Season Review]: As far as swan songs go, Season 3 of 'The Witcher' is an unexpectedly exceptional one for Cavill's Geralt (...) there's still plenty worth tuning in for into a fourth season and beyond." |
POS
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United Kingdom |
The Guardian
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"[3rd Season Review]: It’s the final season for this fantasy drama’s iconic leading man – but this fun, action-packed romp is strong enough to survive without him (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United Kingdom |
London Evening Standard
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"[3rd Season Review]: Really, it falls to Cavill to carry the whole thing, which he does with aplomb. The man utterly sells it: you care about Geralt, and when he is not on screen, the whole thing suffers. This series will be poorer without him (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" |
NEU
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United States |
IGN
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"[3rd Season Review]: it's clear The Witcher still knows how to rock. Season 3 is bigger and more confident than ever" |
POS
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United States |
Polygon
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"[3rd Season Review]: A show that demands close reading, but threatens to insult the intelligence of anyone patient enough to do so" |
NEG
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United Kingdom |
Empire
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"[3rd Season Review]: With plotlines finally beginning to coalesce, this is the tightest, most action-packed season of 'The Witcher' yet. It's definitely still worth your coins, and your time (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United States |
AV Club
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"[3rd Season Review]: Henry Cavill plays it safe in his final batch" |
NEU
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United Kingdom |
Total Film
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"[3rd Season Review]: ['The Witcher']'s traditional strong start is this time bookended by a scintillating dash to the finish (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United States |
Paste Magazine
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"[3rd Season Review]: [It] mixes over half a dozen major characters, complicated relationships, and blockbuster storylines together to form something that's simultaneously smart, self-aware, and loads of fun to watch" |
POS
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United Kingdom |
The Times
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"[3rd Season Review]: The fantasy tropes here may all be generic, but they know it and wear a smirk" |
NEU
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United States |
CNN
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"[3rd Season Review]: Cavill could leave on a relatively high note, thanks to a tighter, more focused third season than the second offered" |
POS
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United States |
The Daily Beast
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"[3rd Season Review]: [It] pays off much of the show's early promise" |
POS
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United States |
The New York Times
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"[2nd Season Review]: after the good times of Season 1, the series’s creator and showrunner, Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, decided it was time to get serious (...) more mysterious and portentous" |
POS
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"[2nd Season Review]: The second season of The Witcher benefits from all the groundwork laid out by the first (...) in the most pleasant surprise of all, the series feels more emotionally effective than it ever has before" |
POS
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United Kingdom |
Telegraph
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"[2nd Season Review]: It’s great fun provided you’re willing to buy into the Playstation 4 quality of the whole thing (...) amid a king’s ransom of fantasy shows, the series carves out a niche of its own (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United Kingdom |
Radio Times
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"[2nd Season Review]: A flawed but exciting return for Geralt of Rivia (...) If you’re looking for more horrific monsters, riveting fights, and magical mysteries, then there’s plenty to love (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" |
POS
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United States |
AV Club
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"[2nd Season Review]: The Witcher finds power and purpose in a confident second season (...) Henry Cavill have never been better." |
POS
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United States |
The Playlist
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"[2nd Season Review]: The result is a more steady, drawn-out season that — though somewhat lacking in urgency and compelling conflict — gives the series a chance to truly flesh out its sizable ensemble cast." |
POS
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United Kingdom |
Empire
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"[2nd Season Review]: More accessible than its complicated first season, Netflix’s multi-tentacled fantasy builds on a commanding lead performance from Henry Cavill (...) Rating: ★★★★ (sobre 5)" |
POS
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United States |
Decider
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"[2nd Season Review]: The Witcher Season 2 is the best kind of adaptation. It takes something known and creates something wholly unique while always respecting its source material (...) you’re going to have a blast." |
POS
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United States |
Collider
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"[2nd Season Review]: [It] seems to not only have learned from the missteps of its predecessor but is even willing to gently poke fun at itself in the process" |
POS
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United States |
Paste Magazine
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"[2nd Season Review]: a marked improvement over that messy, if enjoyable, first season (...) Each of these characters and their ever-changing journeys are fascinating to unravel" |
POS
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United States |
SlashFilm
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"[2nd Season Review]: Fans of the first season will get more of what they like, and those who were turned off by the confusion in season 1 but still like getting lost in a dark and gory fantastical world may have better luck here" |
POS
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United Kingdom |
The Guardian
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"I can’t bear any longer the sight of actors strolling around in aesthetically displeasing stringy wigs (...) But again, if you like this sort of thing, go nuts (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" |
NEU
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United States |
The Verge
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"One of the best series on Netflix (...) 'The Witcher' is particularly refreshing in an era full of nihilistic fantasy stories inspired by Game of Thrones." |
POS
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United States |
Forbes
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"If you’re looking for an original dark fantasy with some horror elements, some bare skin and plenty of blood and gore (and monsters) look no further. 'The Witcher' is destined to surprise and delight." |
POS
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"It aspires to be lofty high fantasy and instead becomes almost endless exposition (...) Any attempt to invest on a human or emotional level with the characters or their circumstances is completely pointless" |
NEG
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United States |
Variety
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"Into the absence left by 'Game of Thrones' strides 'The Witcher,' perhaps the most credible of several recent attempts to capture its predecessor’s robust claim on audience affections." |
POS
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"Nakedly terrible (...) Henry Cavill slashes and smooches through the boring fantasy adaptation." |
NEG
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United States |
TV Guide
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"A carefully crafted story of destiny, love, and a white-haired stud slicing monsters to pieces (...) It's great for those who love the genre" |
POS
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United Kingdom |
Telegraph
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"Netflix's hotly anticipated sex-and-dragons epic feels like a missed opportunity (...) The inevitable comparisons with the George RR Martin phenomenon will do 'The Witcher' few favours (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" |
NEU
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United States |
Collider
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Netflix has already greenlit a second season, and if it is as relentlessly entertaining as this one has been, I hope they make seven more (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" |
POS
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United States |
Slant
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"'The Witcher' favors fierce fight scenes over world-building (...) [It finds] its footing with energetic fight sequences (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)" |
NEU
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United States |
IndieWire
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"Henry Cavill’s Netflix series is absolutely nuts (...) [An] extremely strange but oddly enjoyable action-fantasy adaptation (...) The Witcher” isn’t for everyone, and it’s not trying to be" |
POS
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United States |
rogerebert.com
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"At its best, 'The Witcher' reminds one of HBO’s 'Game of Thrones' (...) At its worst, "The Witcher" is downright incomprehensible, so cluttered with characters, monsters, and overheated dialogue that it becomes hard to care" |
NEU
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