Netflix Top 10 10/4/21

[Mark Jeffries]

10.  GROWN UPS--Member of the Netflix family Adam Sandler's 2010 film.  Kevin "Can Go F Himself" James and David Spade are also in it and Salma Hayek, Chris Rock and Maria Bello can't do anything to save it (although it's tempting to fast forward to whenever Hayek's on screen).

9.  COCOMELON--The crappy kiddie show that won't go away.

8.  BRITNEY VS. SPEARS--They won't LEAVE BRITNEY ALOOOOONNNNNEE!  Netflix's doc on the conservatorship battle.  It's 45% Rotten Tomatoes, 40% Metacritic.

7.  SEINFELD--Some sitcom about nothing.  What's the deal about that? (I should mention that some fans are unhappy about the 16:9 framing of the HD remasters by Sony.)

6.  MY LITTLE PONY: A NEW GENERATION---A 90 minute toy commercial in CGI that has not much to do with the beloved by Bronies "My Little Pony:  Friendship is Magic" TV series.  Produced by the Irish studio Boulder Media (the "Danger Mouse" reboot), Paramount was to release the film theatrically in September, but Hasbro's EntertainmentOne sold the film to Netflix (Boulder is a subsidiary of EOne).  A series is coming to Netflix.  It's 89% on RT and Fox News has criticized it for being "woke."

5.  THE DUFF--The 2015 teencom about a subject of mean girl teasing at a high school (Mae Whitman) did OK for a low-budget film at the box office.  With Disney girl Bella Thorne as the mean girl (of course), Allison Janney and, uh, Dr. Ken.  It's 73% on RT, 56% on Meta.

4.  MIDNIGHT MASS--The horror mini-series about a new Catholic priest stirring up the supernatural in a small town has received raves from critics (90% RT) and horror fans.

3.  MAID--The mini-series from John Wells and Margot Robbie about a young mother (Margaret Qualley) who takes on the indignities of working as a maid as a way to escape other indignities of an abusive boyfriend has also received a lot of favorable notices despite its harrowing subject matter (the big 100% from RT).  Qualley's real-life mother Andie McDowell plays her character's mother in the series.

2.  THE GUILTY--Jake Gyllenhaal plays a cop assigned to 911 duty who experiences a HOO-boy morning trying to save a distressed caller in an Americanization of a Danish film that is also in a limited theatrical release like most Netflix "prestige" original films (not that the critics are all that impressed--69% RT, 63% Meta).

1.  SQUID GAME--From the country that brought you "The Masked Singer," the scripted mini-series about a group of people risking their lives for extreme versions of children's games with a possible huge payoff to the survivors.  Needless to say, it has become a smash hit in almost every Netflix territory, conquering the hindrance of subtitles (although there is an English dub).  RT says the critics are 96% favorable.

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for your toes.

[Doug Fields]

Did you provide the commentary yourself?  If so, re: 10...Kevin James has no connection to the TV show "Kevin Can F**k Himself.  (Or am I just missing a joke?  Always a possibility. 🙂 )

Doug Fields

Tampa, FL

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[Mark Jeffries]

Oh, I wrote it as a joke (besides, it's no secret that the whole replacing Erinn Hayes with Leah Remini incident on "Kevin Can Wait" was an inspiration for "Kevin Can F Himself").

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[Doug Fields]

Gotcha.  My mistake.  Carry on.  😊

 

Doug Fields

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