Cursed (2020): Season 1

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Cursed: Katherine Langford On Her New Character

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: July 17, 2020

Summary: At the urging of her dying mother, Nimue (Katherine Langford), who later becomes the Lady of the Lake, travels with a young mercenary named Arthur (Devon Terrell) to return a sword (Excalibur) to Merlin (Gustaf Skarsgård) in this re-imagining of the Arthurian legend based on the book by Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. The Sacrifice
Air Date: July 17, 2020
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S1:E9. Poisons
Air Date: July 17, 2020
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S1:E8. The Fey Queen
Air Date: July 17, 2020

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Judy Berman

Jul 17, 2020

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. ... Rarer and more exciting still is that this fantasy drama understands that you can’t make good television in any genre without getting fundamentals like character, themes, storytelling and aesthetics right. Read full review

Liz Shannon Miller

Jul 20, 2020

If you crave originality or weirdness in your fantasy TV, there’s plenty to enjoy here. But beyond some clunky and predictable dialogue, the biggest flaw is Nimue — whether it’s on Langford for failing to really sell key moments or the writing for leading the character to make dangerous or at times even dumb choices, the ostensible focus of the show fails to come together. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

Jul 20, 2020

Despite its confusing plot, overly complicated mythology and sometimes cheesy effects, there's a watchability to "Cursed," in part due to its young star Katherine Langford. Read full review

Kayla Sutton

Jul 17, 2020

It’s occasionally enchanting, if often confused about what plot it’s following at any given time. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Jul 20, 2020

Turn off your brain, and "Cursed" is fun and more evenly paced than other recent genre debuts. But at best, it feels like a small plate meant to keep our bellies full until we get a new season of "The Witcher," a yarn that's far and away wilder and messier but also a reliably better adventure. Read full review

Joel Keller

Jul 17, 2020

Cursed 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. Read full review

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Jul 17, 2020

This is the expensively made, atrociously written, chaotic, borderline-barmy tale. Read full review

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Nietzschebot

Jul 19, 2020

If you watch the series all the way through, you can see that it uses a teen fantasy frame that develops into a dark existential drama. Sort of like a typical Frank Miller comic book. Don't listen to the negative reviews from those who watched three episodes. Watch it until the end andIf you watch the series all the way through, you can see that it uses a teen fantasy frame that develops into a dark existential drama. Sort of like a typical Frank Miller comic book. Don't listen to the negative reviews from those who watched three episodes. Watch it until the end and you'll realize you like it more than you would have believed.… Expand

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DH_4079

Jul 20, 2020

Cursed has a great photography, a great visual display, a great costume design, the production and pre-production are really good and some great and well executed camera movements, in general, has a good artistic and photography direction. Everything and that the actors are really good, theCursed has a great photography, a great visual display, a great costume design, the production and pre-production are really good and some great and well executed camera movements, in general, has a good artistic and photography direction. Everything and that the actors are really good, the performances could be much better, the script is not rubbish but having Frank Miller and Tom Wheller in your ranks is somewhat loose in the first episodes, different misfortunes occur but none of them ends up importing you from the everything and this is mainly due to the failures of post-production.

In short, it has a great artistic and photographic direction, it does not have the best performances but they are not an unpleassant, weak script since the creator is a great writer of great comics and success stories, but it can be save, although the CGI, NORMALLY, is fine. executed within what fits in some moments it totally takes you out of the immersive experience that this series is but still it is still good.… Expand

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PotterheadGleek

Jul 19, 2020

It's not the worst show, but it's not the best one. The performance of Langford in here is ok. At least the show could've afforded better special effects. This good-try Arthurian legend could have a better plot, I really try to like this but it's missing something. I hope the next season is better.

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

krizis_fantazii

Jul 20, 2020

Boring and sad. The acting are bad. There is no logic in what is happening. Very poor visuals.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

MrMuppe

Jul 19, 2020

Edit: Unlike what some 10/10 person seem to think, I did watch the whole series before writing my review.

If numbers I rolled my eyes was a legit score this show would get that maxed out. The thing is that not all the acting is bad and not all the writing is bad, but enough is. YouEdit: Unlike what some 10/10 person seem to think, I did watch the whole series before writing my review.

If numbers I rolled my eyes was a legit score this show would get that maxed out.

The thing is that not all the acting is bad and not all the writing is bad, but enough is. You will more then once wonder why a certain character knows so much about things that is not normal for that character to know. It sometimes feels like characters does things not based on what would be natural for them but rather what they have to do in order for the plot to move forward.
As to the plot being bad and characters knowing more then they should I will not say more since that risk spoiling the story for those who want to see it and make up their own mind.

The effects are also a hit and miss.
So is the music, what little there is.
Oh, and they take a dump on the legend... one that will take time to wash away.
Now that I think about it, this show is a 3 and not a 4 that I was planing to give it first. There are simply to many things done poorly for it to be anything better then that.… Expand

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Parzival_

Jul 20, 2020

OMG... Ist ja mal richtig schlecht. Selten so zeit verschwendet. Einzig die setts sehen interessant aus.

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capt_morgan

Jul 19, 2020

Revisionism at its worst; truly just please give up on fitting females into male characters, its embarrassing to watch and comprehend.

4 of 5 users found this helpful41

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 17, 2020
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  S1:E10. The Sacrifice
  Air Date: July 17, 2020
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  S1:E9. Poisons
  Air Date: July 17, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E8. The Fey Queen
  Air Date: July 17, 2020
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  S1:E7. Bring Us In Good Ale
  Air Date: July 17, 2020
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  S1:E6. Festa and Moreii
  Air Date: July 17, 2020
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  S1:E5. The Joining
  Air Date: July 17, 2020
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  S1:E4. The Red Lake
  Air Date: July 17, 2020
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  S1:E3. Alone
  Air Date: July 17, 2020
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  S1:E2. Cursed
  Air Date: July 17, 2020
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  S1:E1. Nimue
  Air Date: July 17, 2020

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