After years of failed attempts to bring Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed and surreal comic to the screen, Netflix finally creates a home for “The Sandman,” armed with enough top-notch British guest stars to populate a Harry Potter movie. The resulting series is visually striking but dramatically listless, made for those – and maybe only those – who already possess degrees in Sandman 101.

A review of the Netflix version of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.

Tom Sturridge stars in a lush, moody and ambitious adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s graphic novels.

Neil Gaiman's beloved graphic novel The Sandman finally comes to life with standout performances from Tom Sturridge and Gwendoline Christine.

Neil Gaiman's masterpiece finally arrives on screen, in an adaptation that gets all the important things right.

Neil Gaiman wanted to “change hearts and minds” with his bestselling graphic novel. The Netflix adaption stays true to that spirit.

An icy, emo Tom Sturridge is perfectly cast as Dream, ruler of the land of Dreaming who returns from a long imprisonment to find his kingdom in disarray

Netflix's 'The Sandman' finally brings Neil Gaiman's comic book series to life onscreen, with Tom Sturridge playing Dream aka Lord Morpheus.

Neither a dream nor a nightmare, "The Sandman" is like a weary walking tour of fantasy realms, built on dream logic and led by a drab guide.

Netflix’s dark fantasy series is the perfect antidote to the never-ending stream of smirking superhero romps

Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Patton Oswalt, Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Gwendoline Christie star in Gaiman's adaptation of his classic DC comic series.

The Sandman, the epic fantasy series on Netflix, is overwrought and under-written poppycock

Neil Gaiman’s 20th century comic about the King of Dreams becomes a 21st century TV series — and even the changes are true to the author's vision.

Fans of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman will find the new series dreamy, if a little unsurprising.

Read Empire's review of Netflix's Neil Gaiman adaptation.

The team behind the adaptation of Neil Gaiman's “The Sandman” seem content to mimic more than create something themselves.

The new horror-fantasy series The Sandman adapts the first two volumes of the iconic graphic novels by Neil Gaiman. Read our review here.

The Netflix adaptation of The Sandman, Neil Gaiman’s legendary comics series about Dream of the Endless and his adventures against his siblings and others, works well when it has a strong sense of its titular character. If only it stayed that way.

It would be easy for the long-awaited "The Sandman" TV show on Netflix from Neil Gaiman's comic to be a disaster, but it pulls it off.