Netflix has launched another blockbuster drama series that everyone across the globe is now addicted to watching.
The new mini-series from the streaming giant has been a hit, with most admitting they couldn’t help but binge-watch the whole four-part epic over a weekend.
Viewers have dubbed it the most experimental release from Netflix, thanks to its excellent storytelling elements and stunning filming techniques.
This show stars British actor Stephen Graham and has gotten perfect ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.
The series director, Philip Barantini, became famous after his critically acclaimed film Boiling Point before undertaking this project. Their cast is a combination of veteran actors and fresh faces.
Fans are talking about 15-year-old Owen Cooper, who shines in his debut acting role at 100%.
Top Twitter users concur that this series is actually great, with one user commenting, “Extremely talented film workers created. People do not appreciate Stephen Graham’s outstanding talent enough in their conversations. This powerful ending left me crying completely.
Ten minutes into Adolescence, one viewer commented on the top-tier acting performance. Everybody’s getting an Emmy.”
But it’s not only the acting that compels the viewers; the program has taken an ambitious and unconventional approach, which is rarely witnessed on TV.
The series fosters emotional resilience with a single, uninterrupted shot for one hour.
The process, demanding stringent coordination and implementation, caught industry professionals and aficionados by surprise, with viewers labeling the theatrical production “groundbreaking” and “astonishing.”
Apart from its visual beauty, the series touches upon issues of real life for teenagers, such as social media stress and online radicalization.
Alongside Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham developed Adolescence to show the life-shaping effects of extreme social pressures maintained by a regular family.
Discussing the inspiration behind the series with Netflix, Graham explained: “One of our aims was to ask, ‘What is happening to our young men these days, and what are the pressures they face from their peers, from the internet, and from social media?’”
He further added: “Instead of making a drama about gangs and knife crime or domestic violence, we wanted you to look at this family and think, ‘My God.
The audience may find this situation happening in their own family right now. An average family is living out their most terrible circumstances.
The show reaches its climactic moment by revealing that 13-year-old Jamie Miller murdered his school classmate, which destroys the image of his regular family.
Through this shocking discovery, the show becomes an emotional presentation of the private dangers in families around us.
Viewers reacted strongly to the story as it built emotion, made them uneasy, and made them feel like their own lives during this part of the show to make the story more real and urgent.
Faye Marsay, best known for the TV series Ten Pound Poms, brings tension to the program by playing Detective Sergeant Misha Frank. She is responsible for discovering horrific family secrets.
Everyone agrees that Adolescence will likely win Emmys because of its great acting and special filming methods.
The Netflix show depicts new levels of TV drama and makes us aware of people’s unseen psychological burdens daily.
In brief, people all over are fixated on the new Netflix series, and with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating, it’s fair to say Adolescence is leaving its mark.
The intense drama will hold audiences captive and preoccupied for many months.
Watch the trailer for Adolescence here…
Adolescence is available to stream via Netflix.
