Stranger Things
2016 · Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Stranger Things

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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

No synopsis available. Probably for the best.

— THE CRITIC'S ROAST

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RELEASE DATE
2016
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Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
PLOT SUMMARY

Synopsis withheld out of mercy.

STARRING CAST

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Public Roast Feed

@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-13 20:00 UTC

If whispered monologues were currency, Stranger Things would settle the national debt.

@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-22 11:00 UTC

Stranger Things is what happens when a writers' room confuses "ambiguous" with "didn't finish the draft".

@TRAILER_TROLL2025-12-11 13:00 UTC

Stranger Things: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.

@AISLE_GHOUL2025-12-20 21:00 UTC

Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, Stranger Things.

— FROM THE WILD

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r/movies · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 0.9k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Stranger Things?

Rewatched Stranger Things last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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r/boxoffice · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 1.3k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Stranger Things actually is?

Director clearly thought Stranger Things was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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r/movies · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 1.5k points

Hot Take: Stranger Things's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece

Honestly, Stranger Things would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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