Despite gorgeous direction and solid performances from Marling, Scott Wilson and Jason Isaacs, among others, The OA is perhaps Netflix’s most polarizing series yet, with the twisty, genre-straddling storyline splitting viewers, especially with that unpredictable finale.
While Netflix’s promotional campaigns have never been overwhelming, it was an especially quiet lead-up to The OA, the shrouded-in-secret sci-fi-ish project from writer/director Zal Batmanglij and writer/actress Brit Marling.
A project that defies any simple classifications, The OA stars Marling as a woman who returns to her hometown and family after being missing for seven years, complete with mysterious scars and other major physical changes, and recruits locals to help her find other missing people.