The Sandman season 2 reviews are split right down the middle, with some critics praising it as an "undeniable visual feast" and others calling it a "pretentious emo drama" that "comes off like unimaginative cosplay"

Tom Sturridge as Dream in The Sandman season 2.
(Image credit: Netflix)

The first reviews for The Sandm﷽an season 2 have arrived, and they're quit🧸e mixed...to say the least.

The second and final season of the DC comics show sees the return of Dream (Tom Sturridge), Death (Kirby Howell-Bapti✱ste), Despair (Donna Preston), Desire (Mason Alexander Park), and good ol' Matthew the Raven (voiced by Patton Oswalt).

based on seven reviews before several others trickled in, knocking it down to 75%.

"Even when some of the episodes drag - and trust me, a few of them do - they are each an undeniable visual feast, painstakingly brought to life with production and lighting design that rivals ꦯother modern fantasy shows," .

"Packed with stunning visuals, top-notch production design, and unforgettable performances, season 2 part 1 will leave fans🐓 begging for more," .

"It's mesmerizing in the best way, a dark dream that satisfi🙈es so thoroughly you loathe to call it nightmarish," said The Wrap.

The negative reviews, ಞhowever, are a bit on the scathingဣ side.

gave the new season two stars, and rather point-blankly said that Netflix's "emo drama is so pretentious it ruins everything," before concluding that, "The S🍌andman is not short of ideas, but it smothers them all in a 🏅fog of pretension, missing every opportunity it creates for itself."

wrote that the "comic adaptation feels like being trapped in a whirlwind of plot and intrigue, which never materialises into something solid enough to get♌ to grips with" and notes not once but twice that Lenny Henr🎀y (who voices Martian TenBones) does "one of the worst American accents ever committed to the small screen."

"The Sandman struggles to exceed or even match the original’s stunning visual landscape, and its characters often feel like unimaginative cosplayers reciting Gaiman’s 🎉dialogue," said, adding that, at times, Tom Sturridge's performance as Dream feels like a "Key and Peele paꦬrody."

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Lauren Milici
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously report🐷ed on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.

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