- Network: Disney+
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 18, 2024
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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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As anyone might expect of such a stacked cast, it’s a pleasure simply to hang out in their midst. That they all high-key hate Agatha, for apparently good reason, just adds to the fun. .... It’s the actual storytelling that tends to be hit or miss.
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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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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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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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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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A pleasant trifle that’s nothing more than a franchise footnote.
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I didn't hate "Agatha All Along," but I didn't love it either. Overall, the story is thin and seems too manufactured to capture audiences' imaginations. But I enjoyed the show well enough to keep watching.
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Now that she is at the center of “Agatha All Along,” she is still selfish, vain, manipulative and condescending, but her flaws have not gained much interest or emotional resonance, and Hahn’s performance is uncharacteristically flat.
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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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It deserves credit for pushing against Hollywood ageism by casting largely middle-aged female leads. But good intentions go only so far, and not even a performer operating at Hahn’s levels of twinkling charm can bring this moribund affair to life.
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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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“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.