Sophomoric at times, but painstakingly constructed throughout, it’s a thrilling mystery that feels true--from start to finish--to the real-life stories that inspired it.

Few shows I've seen catch high school society, with its self-contained seriousness, as well as American Vandal does, as well as the mix of innocence and experience, confusion and certitude that mark that age. It’s as engrossing as the series it set out to satirize and moving in ways you would not expect.

American Vandal isn't a great show, but it's a show that wildly and consistently exceeded my expectations, in large part because it evolves and becomes a much better and different show over its eight-episode run.

Everyone involved with this show really commits to the format. That’s what makes American Vandal more compelling than I would have suspected, even though it does have some significant flaws.

It’s a funny idea, and when it clicks, in the early episodes, Vandal is pretty amusing. It’s not an idea that stretches effectively over eight episodes, though, even at a half-hour each. There are other things going on--including a critique of the motives and methods of the documentarians, in this case a couple of student film geeks--but they’re not all that interesting.

Even in its first half-hour American Vandal begins to drag. A cliffhanger ending pushed me on to episode two, which also failed to move the plot along.

Yacenda and Perrault create such an unexpectedly engrossing mystery that the eventual muddled resolution is a bit underwhelming, and sometimes the jokes get lost in the intricate details. Over the course of eight episodes, the show develops an impressive range of believable teenage characters, and as silly as the story can be, it’s the grounded reality of the show’s world that makes it funny.

American Vandal ist eine spannende Mocumentary die klassische Krimiserien auf die Schippe nimmt und dabei trotzdem nicht ihre Ernsthaftigkeit verliert. Es geht um Dylan Maxwell der angeblich 27 **** auf Lehrerautos gesprüht haben soll. Alles deutet daraufhin dass er es war doch Peter Maldonado geht dem ganzen auf die Spur. American Vandal bleibt dabei die ganze Zeit spannend und zeigt viele verschiedene Möglichkeiten auf wie die Straftat begangen wurde. Dies ist allerdings auch der größte Kritikpunkt, die Offenheit und das Fragen ungeklärt bleiben muss man mögen. Im Großen und Ganzen kann man aber sagen dass American Vandal eine durchaus sehenswerte Serie ist die diesen doch etwas komisch klingenden Fall ernsthaft behandelt und dabei nicht ins lächerliche abrutscht.

Don't be put off by some the synopses implying this is a show about ****, American Vandal is actually a clever, nuanced satire. The humour is superb throughout and is a mix of more obvious jokes that make you laugh (Nana's party for example is absolutely hilarious) alongside clever and at times biting satire. It also contains a surprisingly well constructed mystery which really draws you in with all the twists and turns. Honestly, I wasn't expecting much when I started watching the show but it's up there with Stranger Things and House of Cards in terms of the high quality Netflix shows. Absolutely well worth watching.

One of best mockumentary of last few years. Like a lot of people i had no expectations, but the show drew me in. Perfect to watch with close friends. Can't wait for more.

so how about we dont delete negative reviews ? 1 guy gave this a low rating? come on. Shove it, meta.

Are you people insane? Are we so starved for good TV that we're gonna act like a joke done better in Superbad and stretched out for hours is watched? Maybe with a little intelligence this could be good (and there's definitely room for a great true crime parody with the genre being so popular lately), but the execution here is terrible. Jesus, Netflix. Don't let children write your TV shows.