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- 2024
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
Summary Suzie (Rashida Jones), an American woman living in Japan, is given a robot called Sunny after her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash in the mystery thriller series created by Katie Robbins.
Created By: Katie Robbins
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Apple TV+
Sunny
Season 1 Premiere: Jul 9, 2024
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6.1
Summary Suzie (Rashida Jones), an American woman living in Japan, is given a robot called Sunny after her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash in the mystery thriller series created by Katie Robbins.
Created By: Katie Robbins
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Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
69
61% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
39% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
0% Negative
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“Sunny” is not only an engaging thriller, but one of the most intriguing series this year has to offer.
It sounds like a lot, but Sunny stays firmly in control of itself and never sprawls. I suspect it is intended to scratch the Severance itch while we wait for the new series; it probably will. But it is undoubtedly its own thing – and a very good one, too.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
6.1
66% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
6.1
66% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
17% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
17% Negative
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I'm three episodes in and I enjoy the look and feel, but am still baffled as to the plot. I think that's the point - we're learning as we go with Rashida Jones. And therein lies the problem. I specifically looked forward to this because it was Rashida Jones, but to be honest, and this may just the character, she's a bit annoying. I get she lost her husband and kid and I should be giving her character my sympathy, but she just seems bored and annoyed by the whole thing. Her answer is to get drunk all the time and every once in a while go try and track down what her husband was doing at his refrigeration job. I found the robot off-putting in the beginning, but so far I'd rather hang out with it than any of the other characters. Still interested in seeing where it goes, but style alone won't make it last.
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Overall, Sunny is a hugely captivating series from Apple TV and A24 which will keep you guessing throughout. Part sci-fi, part corporate mystery, part dark comedy and much more besides, this gripping watch has a big ‘ole beating heart at its centre – and it’s all the better for it.
There’s a real edge to the show’s style and suggestions but often a hollowness where its beating heart — or even just the more reliable mechanics of plot and pacing — would be. But with buns this tasty you only half miss the burger. The most interesting, complex and original aspects of “Sunny” are its biggest ideas and its tiniest details, its questions about the relationship between technology and emotion and its sumptuous specifics such as the perfect garnish on a rococo cocktail.
“Sunny” conveys an immersive, eye-catching vision of the near future, even when the central storyline can’t quite deliver on its attempts at character-driven suspense.
The cross-cultural immersion-aversion seems genuine enough, though Suzie is a character balanced awkwardly between grief and the comedy that threatens to break out around her, but never quite does.
Like so much of the streamer’s content, Sunny is a handsomely made series featuring A-list talent that amounts to a little less than the sum of its parts.
cringey weeb. embarassingly 25 -30 years behing its time.......................
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Production Company:
- A24
- Eureka Row
- Le Train Train
Initial Release Date: Jul 9, 2024
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA