Netflix¡¯s The Waterfront was a much-anticipated series with considerable pedigree behind it. Aside from being developed by Kevin Williamson, who was well-renowned for his work on the iconic Scream horror movie series, as well as Dawson's Creek, the series also starred Holt McCallany, who¡¯d risen to prominence thanks to his work on Netflix¡¯s critically acclaimed Mindhunter series. Alongside him, The Waterfront starred Melissa Benoist, Jake Weary and Rafael L. Silva.?
The Netflix series, however, has had a middling critical reception compared to Mindhunter, sitting at a lukewarm 54 on Metacritic. While the show has garnered praise from outlets such as The Collider and The New York Times, it has also drawn negative comparisons to 2018¡¯s Yellowstone by its harshest detractors.?
Mindhunter¡¯s second season sits pretty on Metacritic with a score of 85, indicating ¡°Universal Acclaim¡±. The Waterfront, however, does not reach those heights. The series did garner its share of praise. In one of its more positive reviews, Collider¡¯s Samuel R. Murrian called the series one of the year¡¯s best shows. He praised the influences The Waterfront took from Ozark and Yellowstone and even went as far as saying that The Waterfront could be among Netflix¡¯s flagship series if future seasons managed to build on the first season¡¯s foundation.?
This sentiment, however, was not universal. The Pittsburgh Tribune¡¯s Rob Owen was far more middling in his assessment of the show, noting a ¡°sameness¡± about it, comparable to Kevin Williamson¡¯s earlier Ransom Canyon, that rendered both series ¡°various levels of meh¡±. This sentiment was shared by The Daily Beast¡¯s Caroline Siede, who called the show ¡°Yellowstone with seafood¡±, and claimed that it struggled to find a balance between being a gritty family drama, and a goofy CW series.?
TVLine¡¯s Dave Nemetz was far more scathing in his assessment, as he called the dialogue ¡°unforgivably dumb¡± and claimed that while the series tried to emulate Yellowstone and Dallas, it was far too by-the-numbers to measure up to either.With such a tepid critical response, it seems unlikely that this Netflix series will reach the levels of commercial and critical success Mindhunter once did. There is currently no confirmation of a second season.?
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