{"id":1109,"date":"2025-03-13T11:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/adolescence-on-netflix-critics-say-stephen-grahams-new-drama-is-your-next-binge-watch\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T11:18:14","slug":"adolescence-on-netflix-critics-say-stephen-grahams-new-drama-is-your-next-binge-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/adolescence-on-netflix-critics-say-stephen-grahams-new-drama-is-your-next-binge-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Adolescence On Netflix: Critics Say Stephen Graham’s New Drama Is Your Next Binge-Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"StephenStephen Graham and newcomer Owen Cooper in Adolescence<\/div>\n
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It looks like Stephen Graham<\/a> is continuing his winning streak with his latest TV offering, Adolescence<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The four-part drama premiered on Netflix<\/a> on Thursday morning \u2013 and is noteworthy for two major reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Firstly, it marks the first time that Stephen has co-created and co-written a project, and it also carries on a device first used successfully in his film Boiling Point<\/a> by having all four episodes take place in one continuous shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adolescence centres around a teenage boy who is accused of killing a girl in his class, and the aftermath this has on both him and the community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reviews so far have been absolutely glowing (even if critics are unanimous in saying that it\u2019s a difficult watch), with some calling it a must-watch, and one of the stand-out TV offerings of 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a selection of what critics are saying so far about Adolescence\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/a> (5\/5)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201c[The 1980s drama A Wanted Man] was, and remains, the most devastating and immaculately scripted and played series I have ever seen \u2013 as close to televisual perfection as you can get. There have been a few contenders for the crown over the years, but none has come as close as Jack Thorne\u2019s and Stephen Graham\u2019s astonishing four-part series Adolescence […] a deeply moving, deeply harrowing experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Times<\/a> (5\/5)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cAdolescence is brilliant. I can put it no other way. Every beat, every remark, every glance between characters, every angry or teary outburst in this four-part drama \u2014 each episode shot in one continuous take \u2014 is laden with authenticity and it is terrifying. Terrifying if you are the parent of a boy and terrifying if you are the parent of a girl.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"MarkMark Stanley, Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham in the new Netflix miniseries Adolescence<\/div>\n
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The Telegraph<\/a> (5\/5)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re a parent to a school-age boy, I don\u2019t know whether I should advise you to watch Adolescence immediately, or avoid it at all costs, because it will chill your blood. It is a drama so quietly devastating that I won\u2019t forget it for a very long time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cSure, the production process behind Adolescence is impressive \u2013 if not \u2018unique\u2019 \u2013 and occasionally astonishing, but if the aesthetic had upstaged the narrative, the resulting series would have amounted to little more than a stunt. Fortunately, the camerawork mostly complements both a plot with unsettling contemporary resonance and the human characters, played exceptionally well by the likes of Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty and spectacular newcomer Owen Cooper.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rolling Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cThis is not an easy watch […] But in what Adolescence has to say, and in how eloquently and audaciously it says it, it\u2019s also among the very best things \u2014 and an early contender for the best thing \u2014 you will see on the small screen this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Standard<\/a> (4\/5)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cPossibly one of the most vital bits of television you\u2019ll watch this year […] Each of those episodes is filmed in one continuous shot, which is mesmerising to watch \u2013 even as it leaves some questions tantalisingly unanswered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

New York Times<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cThe performances here are superb, with varsity weeping and real sense of heft and verisimilitude. Is it a weird time to engage in recreational misery? When there\u2019s so much free, ambient despair to go around? Yeah, probably, but Adolescence is not agony for agony\u2019s sake.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The i Paper<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cAdolescence<\/span>, <\/span><\/em>Netflix\u2019s excellent new four-part series about a 13-year-old boy accused of murder, is frighteningly timely [and] an unsettling, chilling watch.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Collider<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cAdolescence isn\u2019t just an entertaining series (though it is, in some warped way); it\u2019s one of the most important series I\u2019ve seen in a long time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The AV Club<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cIt helps a great deal that all four hours are anchored by excellent performers, especially Stephen Graham, who may have never been better than he is in this show\u2019s final hour, when a father\u2019s past, present, and future crash into an emotional pileup.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

BBC News<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201c<\/span>If you\u2019re a parent, then prepare to be terrified by Netflix\u2019s new four-part crime drama series Adolescence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Independent<\/a> (4\/5)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cThere is no doubting the intensity of that first episode. It is television in its purest distillation: unflinching, pulse-quickening. It caters both to our morbid fascination with crimes at the exotic extremes, and the sense of unravelling a moral knot. The fact that the rest of the series can\u2019t quite match those heights is both a problem and a testament to the impact of that opener.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

All four episodes of Adolescence are streaming now on Netflix.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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