Disenchantment

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 17, 2018
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27

Critic Reviews

  1. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Aug 7, 2018
    80
    As far as early efforts go, Groening’s third small-screen endeavor, whose debut ten-episode run arrives on Netflix August 17, is routinely entertaining. ... And fortunately, it gets funnier as it goes along. Led by a terrific vocal cast that includes many Groening favorites.
  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Aug 17, 2018
    75
    Disenchantment casts a demented spell.
  3. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 22, 2018
    70
    If The Simpsons and Futurama are PG-13 shows, Disenchantment is maybe PG-14, ever-so-slightly sexier and bloodier. Like the other shows, its jokes are more suggestive than bawdy.
  5. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    Aug 15, 2018
    70
    Playing against the seriousness and self-glorification of so much sword-clanging fantasy, it makes the most of slapstick pestilence and the absurdist misery of peasants, revisiting history as farce. The scenes are quick and punchy, yet the episodes, unfolding serially, are long and sometimes sluggish. ... The season is perhaps most satisfying if consumed in a binge, so that its questing convolutions feel like the motions of a languorous epic.
  6. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Aug 14, 2018
    70
    The series premiere is the least funny episode, too reliant on setting up its characters and its world. Be patient. Once those are in place, and the writers and talent are allowed to have some fun, it works much better, and it’s the kind of show that gets more enjoyable as it goes along, revealing character through repeated jokes and just having more of a good time.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Danette Chavez
    Aug 8, 2018
    67
    Despite some snarls, we do find ourselves caring and rooting for this defiant teen, wayward elf, and conflicted demon, and it’s thanks in great part to the cast. Disenchantment has the potential to become as engrossing an updated fairy tale as it is a debauched one, without choosing between one-offs and longer arcs.

Awards & Rankings

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#9 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018
15
#15 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

User Reviews

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User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 257 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 164 out of 257
  2. Mixed: 43 out of 257
  3. Negative: 50 out of 257
  1. arnav99
    Aug 19, 2018
    3
    Wow, honestly.... this show is a mess, a horrible and disappointing mess. Matt Groening has either run out of ideas or isn't even trying toWow, honestly.... this show is a mess, a horrible and disappointing mess. Matt Groening has either run out of ideas or isn't even trying to make this show watchable. After creating 2 beloved series that have tugged at our heartstrings and introducing so many beloved characters, Matt Groening's third venture is a big flop and a huge slap in the face of anyone who is looking to be captured by the charm and loveability that Matt Groening has imbued in his other characters.

    This show is so lifeless and derivative, the cast is so generic and the humor is pretty much non existent throughout the series. This show obviously hasn't had great care in the writing room since the jokes are horrible punchlines. I've chuckled twice and I've never been emotionally moved even once during this series. Simpsons and Futurama had characters whose relationships we were actively emotionally invested in giving us so many moving moments throughout the series.

    However, I could never connect to the cast of Disenchantment, the main character is an edgy brat, the elf is an airheaded weirdo complete with the good ol sexual tension subplot that just feels weird and unearned. The demon is fine, he's the reason I chuckled twice but he's far from redeeming the show, definitely a worse Bender.

    This show is such a disapointing excuse of a Matt Groening creation, I cannot believe that the comedy is so damn bad. It's so weird that I've never laughed out loud ONCE during this show. I hate the characters, they aren't likeable at all and honestly that's what I've loved the most from Simpsons and Futurama, those few sweet character focused moments in the absurd world that they live in, the one constant whether it be the sibling anomosity/rivalry/love or be it the romantic tension between 2 people that posess hugely different mindset in life, I've never gotten that here. .

    It just doesn't work here and I hope there's a huge changeup in the writing team because this show so far should have never even gone beyond the drawing board, it's just really bad.    … Full Review »
  2. McGillotine
    Aug 17, 2018
    3
    I have to ask is this a Kids shows?, Adult comedy?, or is it something you watch for when your extremely baked?. I'm asking because i have noI have to ask is this a Kids shows?, Adult comedy?, or is it something you watch for when your extremely baked?. I'm asking because i have no idea who the target audience for this show is. Matt Groening's most recent 'comedy' creation is lackluster beyond all belief, with dull plot lines, a weak premise and above all boring characters there is little to be invested in, in the shows short 10 episode run.… Full Review »
  3. ksr91
    Aug 18, 2018
    10
    Love it. It instantly felt familiar. and it's funny. can't wait for this series to grow. give it a break. every one is so harsh. Geez!
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