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Looking for Alaska (TV Miniseries)

Looking for Alaska

2019

Josh Schwartz (Creator), Sarah Adina Smith ...

Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth ...

6.7

468

TV Series. Drama TV Mini-series (2019). 8 Episodes. A new arrival at a boarding school falls in love with a beguiling female student. The series centers around teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter (Charlie Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young (Kristine Froseth), and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his close friends attempt to make ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Dominated by Froseth and the solid young cast, it's a solid adaptation of a much-loved book"	POS
United States	Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"Sweet, silly, and heartbreaking in all the right places, this limited series based on YA author John Green’s first novel treats its teen characters with the respect they deserve (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Caroline Framke Variety	"The biggest success 'Looking for Alaska' achieves is in shading out its secondary characters (...) [Alaska] doesn’t want anyone to know her, and so the show, too, has trouble unveiling who she is."	NEU
United States	Kathryn VanArendonk Vulture	"For the most part, it’s the rare adaptation that dismantles the original in order to build something that works better"	POS
United States	Kayti Burt Den of Geek	"An immensely affecting coming-of-age tale that will appeal to teens and adults alike."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"This is all pretty stiff, predictable stuff"	NEG
United States	Margaret Lyons The New York Times	"A lot of the show works because the conventions of teen stories are effective."	POS
United Kingdom	Rebecca Nicholson The Guardian	"[It] is funny and endearing, but its pre-smartphone setting and manic pixie plot feel strangely out of sync with today’s teen hits (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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