Disenchantment

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 17, 2018
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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6.7

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  1. BeeneMachine
    Sep 6, 2018
    3
    The pace meanders, the dialogue is flat, the characters are boring, and the jokes simply don't land. The worst part is that it's not even bad enough to enjoy ironically.
  2. duddy5698
    Sep 1, 2018
    6
    Disenchantment could be so much better. I still enjoyed it, though. Very hit and miss. It is very generic. Disenchantment is a giggle show. I never laughed out loud, but I never cringed. It gets better as it goes along. There are just so many better shows to watch.
  3. hornysoul
    Sep 21, 2018
    8
    Esta série é um must-watch. É espirituosa e hilária. Embora algumas piadas não tenham sido captadas por todos, a série compensa pela sua pura qualidade. Os personagens são divertidos e adoráveis.
    Creio que muitos dos usuários do Metacritic não viram a série com muita atenção. Não entendo como podem classificar a série abaixo de um 6.
  4. HannibalB
    Oct 24, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This show depends too heavily on ongoing one-joke character gags: a demon who's always saying on-the-nose evil things, a drunken Tomboy of a princess, a slob King with a Brooklyn accent. This is old. It goes back to the '40s, and it really wasn't that funny even then. There are other, more interesting ways to subvert expectations, but Disenchantment seems to go for all the easy ones. The characters are so defined by their stereotypes, that you can't really get beyond them. And even in cartoons, character matters. This is a disappointing offering from a brilliant team. Maybe they're just too tired to come up with new things.… Expand
  5. ucankabak
    Dec 20, 2018
    0
    Sorry but it was really terrible. Not funny, also that elmo guy grinds me up so hard.
  6. erolsabadosh
    Aug 18, 2018
    6
    I'm only a few episodes in but I'm already fairly disappointed by the lack of humor; the show hasn't really made me laugh out loud much and that's a big problem. Yes The Simpsons started off a little shaky but it was still funny and had well thought out storylines. Disenchantment feels like a lesser Futurama clone; all of the characters remind me of previous Groening creations to the pointI'm only a few episodes in but I'm already fairly disappointed by the lack of humor; the show hasn't really made me laugh out loud much and that's a big problem. Yes The Simpsons started off a little shaky but it was still funny and had well thought out storylines. Disenchantment feels like a lesser Futurama clone; all of the characters remind me of previous Groening creations to the point where it feels way too familiar but without the strengths (Bean is more or less Leela, Elfo is Fry, the demon is Bender, the grandfather wizard dude is Professor Farnsworth, the dad is Scruffy as a King etc). Honestly there really isn't an excuse for this not being funny, Groening has the experience under his belt but it feels oddly lazy in some places and then really full of effort in others; the biggest problem is the writing and that's a glaring issue for a comedy fantasy series. Hopefully it'll pick up but judging by the flatness of it I just don't see this lasting unless they get a whole new writing team to save it.… Expand
  7. night4
    Aug 24, 2018
    3
    This is absolutely not funny in any way. I'm actually offended by how similar it is to Futurama. They're literally plagiarizing their own work, which is absolutely shameful. It is bad and the creators should feel bad.

    That rant aside, I haven't laughed once at it, and I'm not a difficult person to make laugh. The main characters are blatant copies of Fry, Leela, and Bender, and it's boring.
  8. ComandanteCobra
    Aug 28, 2018
    3
    It dind't amuse me. It isn't a moking of fantasy cliches or a different approach of cartoon comedy...it's just low quality sketches.
    It look dated, derivated, slow, prevedible so I stop watching after 5 episodes.
    There is much better out there, old or new, ...Gorgoth of Barbaria, Adventure Time, Futurama,
    Archer, South Park ..all are better that this one.
  9. 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 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 capturedWow, 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.    … Expand
  10. Scraper
    Aug 20, 2018
    4
    A show badly in need of a re-write. It's bogged down by a slow rhythm. The characters are constantly explaining their next moves and motives. I think they were in love with the medieval concept and then tried to write around it. Too bad. I'm a huge Groening fan in general.
  11. EludiumQ36
    Aug 29, 2018
    3
    Wow, so many shills here. How can you tell? The shills don't go deep, don't discuss details, just shallow and vague praise. The real critics here provide details. This is NOT an 8/9/10 show, at best it's a 6 or 7. I'll give a 3 since it's poor and I wouldn't watch this season again. The artwork is good but doesn't break new ground. The voices are familiar coming largely from "Futurama".Wow, so many shills here. How can you tell? The shills don't go deep, don't discuss details, just shallow and vague praise. The real critics here provide details. This is NOT an 8/9/10 show, at best it's a 6 or 7. I'll give a 3 since it's poor and I wouldn't watch this season again. The artwork is good but doesn't break new ground. The voices are familiar coming largely from "Futurama". But annoyingly, John D ("Bender" before, "King Zog" here) largely channels Archie Bunker of 70s classic "All in the Family". "Luci" the flatly drawn demon "cat" is a much too obvious comedic foil, akin to JarJar Binks. And the writing is lazy throughout. The elf character is named "Elfo", great, thanks guys for spending the 2 minutes to determine that. The series plays out in sequential fashion so it's more like an extended movie/film than a tv series. This departs from Futurama and Family Guy where the episodes are more disconnected. That in itself doesn't make it better or worse but when you do the serialized plot then there better be a good payoff to justify the 10 episode commitment you've made, and it's not, it's just meh and disappointing overall. This is a throwaway, forgettable season. Even if this show plays out for multiple seasons, you're not going to want to watch this season again.… Expand
  12. GamerJosh0137
    Aug 20, 2018
    4
    I REALLY wanted to love this show. Considering my childhood in the early 90's consisted of watching the clock, waiting for the next simpsons episodes to air I was hoping to get that same sense of excitement from Disenchantment. Especially considering Groening wouldn't be bound by the same ridiculous network guidelines on Netflix. Instead what I got was a humorless slog of a show.I REALLY wanted to love this show. Considering my childhood in the early 90's consisted of watching the clock, waiting for the next simpsons episodes to air I was hoping to get that same sense of excitement from Disenchantment. Especially considering Groening wouldn't be bound by the same ridiculous network guidelines on Netflix. Instead what I got was a humorless slog of a show. After season 1 I honestly can't remember any time that I legitimately laughed if I did at all. Most of the funny punchlines come from characters you only see in opening scenes, or from background characters that have nothing to do with anything. The main cast of characters is the worst part about the show. Bean is the Princess, and supposedly this alcoholic problem child, Elfo is the happy go lucky elf who just wants to be miserable away from his happy village of elves, and the Demon (I can't even remember his name or if he has one at all) who plays devil's advocate in Bean's rational. All in all Disenchantment for me is a forgettable show with an even more forgettable cast, where the good jokes are few and far between. I'm just going to watch re-runs of Rick and Morty. Maybe one day Matt Groening will return as a television sitcom legend, but Disenchantment won't help him fulfill that role this time.… Expand
  13. kuehnau
    Aug 18, 2018
    6
    I wouldn't say this is a bad cartoon by any means, but it does feel overly generic, there were plenty of jokes, but most of them barely managed to get a smirk out of me.

    The story itself is a little interesting, but they take the entire season to really get to the meat of it and then when they do, they end the season on a cliff hanger. Why do that? If the cartoon was good, it'd get    I wouldn't say this is a bad cartoon by any means, but it does feel overly generic, there were plenty of jokes, but most of them barely managed to get a smirk out of me.

    The story itself is a little interesting, but they take the entire season to really get to the meat of it and then when they do, they end the season on a cliff hanger. Why do that? If the cartoon was good, it'd get another season and if it failed, at least it wouldn't have been left unresolved.

    They could have easily take the entire season to wrap up this story, but instead they decided to put in a bunch of filler episodes that don't really lend to the overall story in any sort of meaningful way.

    I know a lot of times, it takes a show a few seasons to really fall into their groove, but at this point, I really wonder if Disenchantment is going to get the opportunity to even do so?    … Expand
  14. SimonKhan
    Aug 23, 2018
    2
    I wanted to love it so bad, but most joke just fell flat, the character are either despicable or boring, the story goes nowhere. Sadly bad.
  15. GrumpyReviewer
    Aug 20, 2018
    5
    I did not hate DISENCHANTMENT. I did not love it either. I was expecting so much more though...

    The Simpsons and Futurama are timeless masterpieces. I love those characters so much. It's like I know them, I connect with them, their stories. I have laughed AND cried with both Simpsons and Futurama more times than I have the courage to admit. And I honestly think Matt Groening is a    I did not hate DISENCHANTMENT. I did not love it either. I was expecting so much more though...

    The Simpsons and Futurama are timeless masterpieces. I love those characters so much. It's like I know them, I connect with them, their stories. I have laughed AND cried with both Simpsons and Futurama more times than I have the courage to admit. And I honestly think Matt Groening is a genius.

    So when Netlix announced DISENCHANTMENT, I was extremely hyped and excited. But.. as soon as I realized I could barely finish one 20 minute episode, I knew something was really wrong. And That made me so sad and disappointed. Because the show SCREAMS potential. Bean, Elfo, Luci, even the rest of the cast in the city/castle can do so much more. I mean SO MUCH MORE.

    The dialogue is not funny. At all. There is almost no character development. The jokes miss the mark 95% of time. Sometimes it's a pain to watch... and I kept pausing the episodes to watch them later because I was almost falling asleep half of the time.

    But here is the thing: I blame the writing, really. Because the art style is beautiful. So is the direction and soundtrack. DISENCHANTMENT is, actually, pretty and charming. I WANT to love those characters. But the lazy writing won't allow it. The lazy writing is throwing this show, which is filled with potential, into the dumpster.

    Please, PLEASE, P-L-E-A-S-E fix the writing. Bring other/better people to write the story and this show will be saved. Right now, DISENCHANTMENT is a complete mess. And it pains me to say that.    … Expand
  16. Tal_Kalon
    Aug 29, 2018
    3
    Was so excited about Matt Groening tackling a fantasy cartoon, and on Netflix too! But it's so uninspired, boring, and unfunny that I barely finished the pilot episode. I don't understand how this is satisfying anyone.
  17. bulger_paul
    Aug 18, 2018
    5
    I'm very in the middle on this. I've seen quite a bit of Futurama, and a few episodes here and there of the Simpsons, and I liked them both, though I was never a hardcore fan, and I hadn't even heard of Disenchantment until the day it came out and I saw it at the top of the Netflix homescreen banner, so it's not like I was looking forward to this for long enough to be particularlyI'm very in the middle on this. I've seen quite a bit of Futurama, and a few episodes here and there of the Simpsons, and I liked them both, though I was never a hardcore fan, and I hadn't even heard of Disenchantment until the day it came out and I saw it at the top of the Netflix homescreen banner, so it's not like I was looking forward to this for long enough to be particularly disappointed by it, so to me so far, it's a rather "meh" series.

    There's at least a few witty moments per episode, it's just that the pacing is bizarre, and jokes that rely upon precisely timed edits fall flat, because there's something bizarre about the editing here. It feels as though edits happen just a few counts late, and jokes that might have been very funny don't exactly stick, because they don't feel timed properly.

    I also don't like how safe this all feels. I know The Simpsons was highly regarded, because, during at least its first ten years on the air, it was always pissing off the right groups, such as various religious groups and all the mom groups, etc. So I would expect a new series from the creator of The Simpsons to have a little more edge to it than this. Sure, there's some more jokes poking fun at religious people and at sexual politics, but it's all fairly toothless stuff.

    I'll stick around for a few episodes when season 2 comes out, but if it doesn't get any better than this, I'll mark this off as a simple misfire. Groening caught lightning in a bottle twice already, everything he does doesn't have to be a modern classic.    … Expand
  18. thisseatofmars
    Aug 19, 2018
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There's more room for comedy and grand ideas in science fiction because SF is the art of the possible. Futurama is a genius show because it managed to be both hilarious and have clever SF plots. For example, the time travel episodes connected to other episodes while maintaining a SF logic. Look at the episode "Roswell that Ends Well," a (hilarious) story that developed into a larger plot where Fry is the chosen one to ward off the brain spawn. Or, the episode focusing on Fry's dog, which would not have been as touching if not for the internal SF logic keeping the plot together. And, thanks to the open nature of SF, Futurama was even able to have fantasy-focused plots, like "The Honking" and even "Bender's Game."

    Straight-up fantasy isn't as strong because for it to remain fantasy it has to adhere to stricter confines. Science fiction can be post-apocalyptic, set in a space station, a military setting, or even a few years from now, like Pacific Rim. SF can even be part fantasy, like Star Wars. Fantasy by itself however is almost always set in a castle. Sure enough, the opening of Disenchanted is in a pub, then castle town, then the castle. You have fairies, ogres, elves, and demons, all standard fare for fantasy. The only new or interesting element is the king's wife, who appears to be a member of a Zora-like race from the Zelda series.

    But such innovations are rare given the limitations of fantasy and Disenchantment's stubborn choice to play it safe. The show is filled with stock, boring characters. The protagonists are all the same, in that they feel like they don't "fit in." A spoiled brat princess who wants to be a warrior? Holy cheese but that is a plot as old as time. An elf who doesn't like being a happy elf? It sounds like the creators saw that crappy Will Ferrel (spelled right?) movie and just ran with that plot. The elf even remarks in episode nine, when approaching the other elves, "I smell cocoa, caramel, and conformity!" Wow, what a rebel. How about you take charge and muster up ambition instead of complaining, dude?

    It is a tactical and insulting choice of using such malcontent characters who refuse to fit into society as Disenchantment's protagonists. The creators of Disenchantment are trying to pander to a demographic, the demo being misfits, losers, basement dwellers: people who have always wondered why they don't "fit in" while stubbornly refusing to change and/or better themselves. After all, who else would watch an animated sitcom about three bores who run away from responsibility to play in a fantasy world? Sounds like the comics and video game industry to me. (By the way, the creators of the show are very wealthy people: they certainly "fit in.")

    Disenchantment tries to make you laugh with bouts of gore and violence, a cheap attempt to make you laugh with shock. (Huh, elves and gnomes blowing up giants. Clever, guys.) But in this day and age, such cartoon violence is ancient, old hat. The most famous episode of Rick and Morty (a tedious and overrated show) is the one where Rick turns himself into a pickle and slaughters a group of sewer rats: but really, the violent parts of that episode were the most forgettable. There's also a monologue in the pilot where a priest-type character proclaims skepticism in her belief in God, ending with the line, "If I talk with confidence, you dopes will believe anything I say." (Shots at people who believe in God. That's great, guys. Enjoy that false feeling of superiority, and that big empty hole in your heart.)

    I suppose the show has some potential. The colours are beautiful, many backgrounds looking like they were done with watercolours. I also like the design of the demon Luci... but not the voice. He's well designed, almost always appearing in profile form, with a long black pointed tail and tiny cute horns: I can see the design working well in a comic strip. But the voice spoils him. He would've been stronger with a voice more like Bender's from Futurama, instead of some smarmy hipster-type dude. Bender's voice is different, and it needs to be different because he is a robot. Luci the demon sounds like someone you reach when calling customer support. It's weird too, the similarities between Luci and Bender: both are misanthropes, both smoke cigars and drink hard liquor, both say "chump" like it's meant to be funny. But Luci's black sprite design is the highlight, and most original and clever part of the show.

    Is the show funny? No, not at all, it is actually very slow. You chuckle once every 25 minutes or so. If this was Groening's first effort he'd be forced out of television and into a different field (perhaps even a literal field, like landscaping or agriculture or something). It doesn't help that a lot of the season is a tease. Apart from the tired gags (rejected from Futurama?) the plot offers no closure. After this limpness of this first season, I'm not motivated to watch more.    … Expand
  19. chesaro
    Aug 18, 2018
    4
    Groening did it almos perfect storytelling for futurama (yes, the simpsons way wouldn't work for this), and yet, he couldn't even keep the basics for this one, i don't know what the hell happened to him, but this is plain bad, boring, the music is not very good, the character lack a lot of personality, i was hoping this was going to be great, and the disappointment hit me right in the face
  20. FearlessKing
    Aug 22, 2018
    2
    I really wanted to like the show. I love the fantasy setting and have been a fan of The Simpsons and Futurama for as long as I can remember. Plus, with an all star voice lineup and a Netflix budget it seemed like an easy home run.

    However, the writing is just offensively bad. Not only are the jokes completely lazy, but so is the overall plot. It feels like Groening phoned this one in. I    I really wanted to like the show. I love the fantasy setting and have been a fan of The Simpsons and Futurama for as long as I can remember. Plus, with an all star voice lineup and a Netflix budget it seemed like an easy home run.

    However, the writing is just offensively bad. Not only are the jokes completely lazy, but so is the overall plot. It feels like Groening phoned this one in. I read online that "Things get better around episodes 8 or 9! Just stick with it!" But this excuse didn't hold up for me. There are no redeeming qualities to be found. There is no silver lining. Don't waste your time on this garbage show.

    God forbid more seasons of this crap get released. If so, I look forward to not watching them.    … Expand
  21. 19x
    Aug 20, 2018
    3
    Matt Groening laughing all the way to the bank. The rest of us not so much. Simply put another meh show in Netflixs long list of below average to terrible original programming.
  22. Louwidji
    Aug 19, 2018
    7
    I've been looking forward to seeing it since it was announced. I liked it overall, I definitely felt some Futurama and Simpsons vibes. Not a huge fan of the huge number of cliffhangers, the weird pacing and some inconsistencies, but I'm still looking forward for season 2. I remember Futurama having a "meh" first season, and this is one of my favorite shows. I can't wait.
  23. toonvailo
    Aug 20, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Abstract:
    Disenchantment as the latest project from the Simpsons and Futurama create Matt Groening is disenchanting to put it on the nose. While this series definitely stands out from his previous works, it fails to be memorable. A promising show with lots of characters and world to explore, already slated for a second season on Netflix, I hope we get more depth out of it.

    Review:
    First and foremost if you are worried this will be a duplicate the Simpsons with a Bart-esque looking troll, or an extended rendition of “Bender’s Game” from Futurama, you may rest at ease. It is definitely not like either previous work from Groening. That being said, I am personally disappointed that is nothing like his previous work. The fantasy show walks a wide line between comedy and trying to be serious failing to be neither.
    The season sets up with Princess “Bean” facing a cruel fate, a royal marriage. Try as she might she simply cannot escape it, until the wedding itself becomes so inconvenient that King Zøg simply calls it off. That’s it. The main premise and highlights pointed out in the trailers are resolved after 2 episodes. This leaves Bean to focus on being drunk, unruly, and an overall very unlady like princess; a point which really seems to be hammered at the audience again and again. If there were a trope opposite of a Mary Sue, it would be a Princess Bean, as we are reminded time and time again that she is good at nothing.
    A slightly more interesting plot arises in the form of Luci the Demon. While the character himself is nothing more than a devil on your shoulder, he is “gifted” to Bean on her first wedding day by two mysterious people, who watch the plot unfold via magical fire. Sadly after episode three they by and large receive little screen time and are all but forgotten about. Luci is exercised, but Bean and Elfo agree the group isn’t as fun without, and so rescue him and hundreds of other demons from their volcano-y fate. Luci almost serves less as a bad influence and more as a reason for the plot to advance as he’s there to fill in awkward silences and to reveal plot devices the other characters missed.
    Least interesting of all is Elfo the Elf, He is hunted and nearly exsanguinated for his magical Elf blood in the pilot, that King Zøg might obtain the Elixir of Life, only for the King to nearly forget about it soon after. The character’s main motivation then becomes dancing around his awkward friend-zoned crush on Bean.
    Episodes 4-7 try to expand the realm that we find ourselves in featuring characters and plots that don’t really seem to matter. We are introduced to the Which Gwen whom doesn’t gather much attention but who owns a copy of a cookbook which might yield the Elixir of Life! We are introduced to the Dankmire kingdom where King Zøg’s current queen Queen Oona comes from. We learn that giants are rampaging monsters and the castle seems to have an alchemy parlor.
    But it isn’t until the end of the season that we seem to return to any semblance of plot. It seems with some regularity Elfo has had his blood taken, but in smaller less deadly volumes. And now the King may finally gain immortality with just a mere drop of Elf blood. Quickly over two episodes we find a lost city to obtain an amulet and reveal their terrible statuesque fate, we learn that Princess Bean’s Mother, Queen Dagmar, is not dead but herself a statue (the victim of an assassination plot on the King gone wrong!) These are interesting turns of a events that would’ve been used better to pad out the season including the finale. At last we have a motivation for the King’s obsession with immortality, we know now why he has been so cold and distant with his daughter.
    Now in a comedy do we actually need motivation and plot and reason? Possibly no, but I say that to highlight this next point. The show just isn’t that funny. It lacks the wit of Futurama and the zany antics of the Simpsons. I could only see about half the sight gags, and what I could see were light chuckles at best. When the humor falls flat the show needs something else to stand on. I would’ve loved for this to have been a more serious show with occasional humor, but it’s not. If you’re looking for something to just binge this weekend on Netflix while you fold laundry or wash the dishes this will do the trick, because you won’t miss much only paying half attention. Here’s hoping Season 2 gives this cartoon some depth.    … Expand
  24. Atzilla
    Sep 25, 2018
    4
    So okay, it's average.
    You wont hate every second you watch this.
    You will chuckle once or twice in a better episode.
    You will neither care about the story nor the characters.

    Nothing remarkable about this series.
    General writing and timing of jokes are subpar.

    Sadly, a wasted opportunity.
  25. 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 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 shortI 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.… Expand
  26. Rednetter
    Aug 30, 2018
    1
    The same joke, over and over and over again. Had it been funny, ok maybe I could have enjoyed an episode, but the execution of the "humor" reminded me of Michael Scott in the office. It was like "Simpsons for Dummies".

    Oh what, you really loved this show and wanted to read a positive review about it? Well here's one for you... this is a negative review! hahahahaha. Ooh, you just got    The same joke, over and over and over again. Had it been funny, ok maybe I could have enjoyed an episode, but the execution of the "humor" reminded me of Michael Scott in the office. It was like "Simpsons for Dummies".

    Oh what, you really loved this show and wanted to read a positive review about it? Well here's one for you... this is a negative review! hahahahaha. Ooh, you just got burnt. [repeat x 100]    … Expand
  27. ozymandias79
    Aug 18, 2018
    3
    Certainly disenchanting. The biggest issue is how overwhelmingly unfunny this show is. Maybe one or two jokes in four episodes got a smirk out of me. Couldn't make it past episode four, it was just too boring. Nice animation, but the writing lacks any degree of humor.
  28. kaenek
    Aug 18, 2018
    2
    I was waiting for this. Hoping for the fresh approach of Futurama or something completely different with actual storytelling.

    What I got was a series of dad jokes and a Disney's Brave story. 1. This is not funny. I smiled a couple of times. This is 12 yers old comedy with an occasional sex joke or a brutal kill. This is not adult comedy. This is "I can't write scripts" comedy. 2. The    I was waiting for this. Hoping for the fresh approach of Futurama or something completely different with actual storytelling.

    What I got was a series of dad jokes and a Disney's Brave story.
    1. This is not funny. I smiled a couple of times. This is 12 yers old comedy with an occasional sex joke or a brutal kill. This is not adult comedy. This is "I can't write scripts" comedy.
    2. The characters are bland. Elfo doesn't exist. Bean has no set character and motivations. Half of the story motivation comes from Luci (who is a pretty well written character, but lazy art style makes me not care for him much) and that motivation is "let's do something wicked".
    3. This is a second show, after Final Space, to wrap up with "everything ended horribly halfway through a sentence, let's hope there's another season". I think this is because of the "whole season" release strategy.

    Don't watch lazy tv or we'll end up with mediocre characterless popculture. This is one of the laziest tv shows there.    … Expand
  29. Customer
    Aug 17, 2018
    3
    Disenchantment is certain to disappoint. Terrible jokes that fall flat every time. Music score that depresses. Characters that are boring and unrelatable. Story-lines that are weak and boring.

    Stay away from this one and watch reruns of the Simpsons or Futurama instead. Even if you've seen them 50 times, it's more entertaining than this.
  30. Donttalk2
    Aug 18, 2018
    3
    I love early SIMPSONS and FUTURAMA (and SOUTH PARK, BOJACK and dark humour), but I find this mix of sentimentality and sadism rather disturbing (not to say disgusting). We live in openly violent times, do we really need this kind of casual brutaliity in a cartoon? I miss playfullness, surprises and any kind of love for the genre. Good characters, good animation, but for me the show is tooI love early SIMPSONS and FUTURAMA (and SOUTH PARK, BOJACK and dark humour), but I find this mix of sentimentality and sadism rather disturbing (not to say disgusting). We live in openly violent times, do we really need this kind of casual brutaliity in a cartoon? I miss playfullness, surprises and any kind of love for the genre. Good characters, good animation, but for me the show is too bleak, too slow, too repetitive and too cruel.… Expand
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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
  1. 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.
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  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Aug 17, 2018
    58
    In the last three episodes, Disenchantment embraces its story in a way that makes for easy viewing--there’s still nothing revolutionary here, and much of the comedy is still too stagnant, but it’s a far more effective fairy tale.
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  3. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Aug 17, 2018
    50
    Disenchantment just feels full of potential that it hasn’t yet figured out. That’s maybe because it stays very much in safe territory.
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