{
  "id": 12952928,
  "title": "‘Below’ Review: Josh Hartnett’s Silly Netflix Creature-Feature Is a Treat for the Eyes and Ears and Not Much Else",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/below-review-josh-hartnetts-silly-netflix-creature-feature-is-a-treat",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-08T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IndieWire",
    "slug": "indiewire",
    "url": "https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/below-review-josh-hartnett-squid-netflix-series-1235220800/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Netflix series \"Below\" is set in the small Canadian fishing village of Snook's Arm in Newfoundland. The show follows Calvin Penney, a down-on-his-luck fisherman played by Josh Hartnett, who is struggling to make ends meet. According to TheWrap, Calvin is a single father of three adult children who has been dealing with the aftermath of his father's death, which he witnessed as a child when an entire house was seemingly swallowed by the sea.\n\nThe series combines elements of thrills and drama as the community faces challenges such as billionaires attempting to buy them out of their homes and climate change affecting the fishing industry. IndieWire notes that the show gets stranded between goofy thrills and meaningful drama. A monstrous creature is also terrorizing the village from the water.\n\nThe show's setting and accents have been praised, with IndieWire describing the accents as \"magnificent\". The series was created by Jesse McKeown and executive produced by several people, including Josh Hartnett.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}