The Stranger

I was intrigued at the onset, psychopath stalks and terrorizes a lonely young Uber driver, an interesting and timely thriller. Unfortunately, as the series plays out, the dialogue becomes more and more non-sensical and because of this the acting falls apart. I was left rolling my eyes during the final three episodes as Clare began having regular conversations with her stalker Carl E. Maika Monroe was excellent throughout the series, even with the silly dialogue and DeHaan was surprisingly good, playing beyond his usual character archetype of quirky leading man, transforming into a psychotic serial killer. The two stars ultimately can't hold this show together as dialogue devolves into silliness and the plot starts growing more holes than a piece of Swiss cheese.

This *movie* is surprisingly good. I'm surprised, but i actually agree with the 6.2/10 (although it should be a little higher) but seriously, what's wrong with this *movies*. I thought that this was very enjoyable with good suspense seen, one of my favorite intro scenes. It contains great mystery and will leave you guessing until the last 30 minutes. Some people gave the *TV show* low scores in 2020, and I want to know what they cut out, cause by the end, I wanted more! The practical effects were honestly mid, but story, as unrealistic as it gets, is more than interesting enough to undo the negatives. The ending was satisfying, too.

TLDR: Good original story, with mid effects, good suspense, two great actors, and decent ending. 7/10 (obviously)

Not understanding technology isn't a good starting point for a story that needs technology to work. The resulting mess isn't worth watching. Performances mixed, rarely believable, without any worthwhile content. I kept asking myself what universe this took place in, because it isn't smart enough for science fiction, and isn't creative enough for anything else.

Avoid.

Honestly, the show is okay. Its entertaining, not terrible. But I had a difficult time believing anything in this show would actually happen. The acting wasn't that good. The writing was biased and pretentious. The baseline was creative but then it was given to writers who had no clue what the hell they were talking about. Honestly it's a nice time killer during a pandemic, but that's it.

I don't know what the series was like, but this long/ movie version kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time! Kept me guessing, had me wondering what was real and what wasn't....or what I thought was or wasn't. I didn't know up from down and that is hard to do with me! I generally guess much of the plot early on! Nope not with this! The ending was a bit mid, but honestly, I'll let that slide. It really makes you think about the future of the world in this 'internet/ surveillance/ social media' time of our lives. Things past generations didn't have to worry or think about. I'm forever changed. It's definitely worth a watch!

The acting was great in my humble opinion. I did notice a bit of CGI that I wasn't sure why it was used, but I'll just chalk that up to an "everything is CGI now" issue. Cheers to the creator of this story. Chefs kiss.