Ortega kills as the gifted, nihilistic teen who’d rather hang out in a crypt than a club. ... Gimmicky callbacks to the films and the 1964 TV series are rare and strategically deployed in this streaming iteration of the franchise. ... Burton’s sensibilities and style are all over this irresistibly quirky, sardonic whodunit. ... “Wednesday” is brilliant on every level.

It loses something by not setting Wednesday against normality, as the films did, and by having a more fissured version of the Addams clan. The love and unity of the family against the world was always one of the great pleasures, in whatever incarnation you met them. But it has enough wit, charm and propulsive energy for that not to matter as much as it might have.

“Wednesday” succeeds thanks to its familiar protagonist and her macabre-loving family.

It is often delightful, despite its deliberate darkness, but “Wednesday” is many things, including a murder mystery, a teen romance and a boarding-school soap opera with a quasi-macabre curriculum. Its heroine is all over the place and it does feel as if eight episodes weren’t enough to quite nail down what the tone of her character and story will eventually be.

The plotting sets up numerous arcs that feel promising. And then “Wednesday” succumbs to what plagues so many Netflix shows—narrative wheel-spinning, a lack of momentum, and that sense that this would all have been a better film than a TV series. It never completely loses 100% of the energy of its premiere, but the ingenuity of the first hour fades as the season progresses like all of the colors in the wardrobe of Wednesday Addams.

Shockingly good casting (and a typically Gothic score from Danny Elfman) aside, there’s little to recommend about Wednesday. It feels like a reconstituted mush of Tim Burton’s late-career apathy, the vagaries of the Netflix streaming show model, and the unholy resurrection of the corpse of IP.

The show’s dialogue is flavorless at best and laughable at worst. ... Though she has zero to work with, horror-movie fave Ortega does what she can with her character, nailing the deadpan delivery Christina Ricci perfected in the ’90s movies. ...Others caught up in this dreck include Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, and Fred Armisen. What’s more, horror legend Tim Burton directed half the season’s episodes; but the show’s visual language is so flat that you’d never know.

Wednesday definitely honored and lived up to the past Addams Family media, one of favorite shows I've ever watched. Jenna Ortega is brilliant in her performance as Wednesday Addams, she is just utter perfection; her slick deadpan delivery of the sarcastic, dark, and morbidly funny lines, her monotone voice, death stare, no blinking, and devious and creepy grin she does it all perfectly also love how she brought some warmth, emotion, and heart to the character. Emma Myers, Christina Ricci, Gwendoline Christie, Victor Dorobantu, Joy Sunday, Fred Armisen, Luis Guzmán, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, and Moosa Mostafa gave excellent supporting performances. The costume designs specifically the ones designed for Wednesday are outstanding. The music was superb. The dance choreography specifically Wednesday's dance in the episode "Woe What a Night" was spectacular. The fight choreography is cool and well choreographed and executed. The writing specifically the story and dialogue for Wednesday were great. An A+ first season hopefully there will be more.

Decent but way over rated. Jenna Ortega is great in the main role, however the other characters are kinda meh. There are a few twists which I enjoyed, but overall the CGI is very cheap looking (like why does the monster look like that?) and the show can be cringey at times. I did like 'thing' though. 6.5/10.

Interesting show has funny moment but maintains a set of seriousness. Replicates things that happened in the original show The Addams Family to give people a spin-off story about Wednesday Addams.

Harry potter reskin, and not a very good one. cheese action, cringy acting, super predictable plot. this is in no way or shape Addams family related. it's like you put a sink in Fortnite nothing more. very disappointed, i have no idea why this is so hyped. overrate and overhyped. the only good thing i can say about it is that maybe i am too told for this, kids up to the age of 15 will enjoy it.

Where's my review? Why you removed it? No spoilers.. just some thoughts. I'm confused