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Critic Reviews
Sep 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Satisfaction is much less forgiving, and a smarter show, or even just one more concerned with not setting its audience up for a fall, wouldn’t let quite so much hinge on the result of filling in a few blanks. .... That’s not to say Agatha All Along isn’t enjoyable, even if most of the joy is to be found around the edges. .... But I could feel myself bracing for the part when it gets less fun, when the self-contained storytelling gives way to larger imperatives and the fun turns into homework.
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Sep 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The possibility remains that these disparate elements will come together in a satisfying way when the whole arc of the show is clear. For now, Agatha All Along makes a fun enough Halloween season watch for those who love witchy classics like Practical Magic and The Craft, but won’t strike most Marvel fans as essential viewing.
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IndieWireSep 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The stake-less drama I already went over, but the jokes are sparse, the effects are too slapped-together, and the scares are polite. The consistent creative spark needed to boost a serviceable series into something more just isn’t there. As with many Marvel series, there’s plenty of potential in “Agatha All Along,” but past precedent is working against the final five episodes.
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The PlaylistSep 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
As trifling as “Agatha All Along” feels, at least it’s watchable, marginally humorous, and not at all like Marvel homework despite its connection to past Marvel shows. Furthermore, and maybe this is faint praise, at least it’s a big step up from the dire “Secret Wars” and “Echo” nadir.
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Sep 19, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Creator Jac Schaeffer, a “WandaVision” veteran, conjures up a decent amount of lore and incident, clever ideas and solid performances, but fails to work much out with any real pizzazz. Plotlines feel arbitrary and old hat, while characters struggle to be more than wisecrack machines.
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Sep 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
One of the most versatile and transformative actors of her generation, she [Kathryn Hahn] is just so good at playing bad (or really, playing anything a Hollywood script can throw at her). You wonder, given she's the real draw of the show, why she's hidden beneath excess characters and themed costumes.
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The TelegraphSep 19, 2024
The TimesSep 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
When this show embraces its gothic side, whether it is creepy ballads to open a portal, haunting spectres in a peculiar house or hooded figures, it could be an early Halloween treat, particularly for adolescents. A Hocus Pocus for Gen Z. Yet the jokes and set pieces often miss the mark. .... The main problem is, like the recent Star Wars series Ahsoka and The Acolyte, we’re now watching spin-offs of spin-offs, supporting characters of supporting characters.
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RogerEbert.comSep 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
“Agatha All Along” is sometimes held together by the ensemble’s natural skill set and camaraderie. .... The four episodes available to press go through the derivative Point-A-to-B structure, featuring one-note characters traveling to a CGI world. And because the episode count is so minimal, the story’s flow is frantic, leaving pieces of potential regarding character scattered in its path.
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