Lord of the Flies

**Lord of the Flies** commands a solid 92% from critics, making it the third-highest critically rated title on Paramount+ this month. However, its audience score of 57% marks a 35-point divide, demonstrating how faithful literary adaptations often repel casual watchers. The series adapts Golding’s 1954 novel with 95% accuracy, including all key violent moments, but that fidelity alienates 43% of surveyed streamers who expected a more uplifting survival story.