The Stranger

Very cheesy and bad acting except Dane DeHaan and Avan Jogia. The story is very impossible yet it is watchable just kind of stupid.

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.

Didn't give a star rating since I only saw one ep. Man it is awful. I'm a fan of Dehan and Monroe, so I'm saddened and a little disappointed to see them in this level of show. The dialogue is so clunky and cringe I had to stop watching several times in the first (7min!) episode. Neither behave or talk like real human beings, and the build up to the "reveal" at the end is laughable, not scary, due to the execution. I hope for better projects for both of them in the future.

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.