What is Misfits about?
When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
Five young outsiders gain surreal superpowers during community service, leading to darkly comic and gritty drama.
Campy, with absurdist humor. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Misfits parents guide
Nothing past what a TV-MA promises: moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- Is Misfits scary?
- Only a little. Misfits has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Misfits?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Misfits rated, and is it OK for kids?
- No. It is rated TV-MA, with moderate sex and nudity, strong violence, and frequent strong language.
Cast and crew
Created byHoward Overman
StarringJoseph Gilgun, Karla Crome, Nathan McMullen, Matt Stokoe, Shaun Dooley, Natasha O'Keeffe
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