Disenchantment

Netflix | Release Date: August 17, 2018

7.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 88 Ratings

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CasandraComplexDec 14, 2020

There's nothing worse than seeing a once great artistic team that may have even been considered somewhat cheeky in it's first few seasons grow to be a neutered, pale milk toast of it's former self. Futurerama barely survives as a secondThere's nothing worse than seeing a once great artistic team that may have even been considered somewhat cheeky in it's first few seasons grow to be a neutered, pale milk toast of it's former self. Futurerama barely survives as a second offering and now Disenchanted unfortunately, lives up to its moniker. The show is so incredibly boring and blasé it can't even manage to scrounge up any enthusiasm for it's own show. All off the creativity seems to have been leached out by all of the many hands that stir the pot. Hollywood is no longer capable of being imaginative anymore because of the culture that they have created for themselves. Disenchanted is a place for talent to die a miserable and slow death. If you can't even tell good jokes or make cutting social commentary anymore then it's time to get out of the business or reinvent the production company model so that one can create like it once used to. Otherwise, we get more of this incredibly not funny waste of talent.… Expand

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Phteve11Feb 18, 2022

Season 1 is good but the rest are God awful. Not funny at all, weird story, add political pokes. Just don't watch it.

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SebiAkreaJan 18, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nice animations, but there was not a single joke that made me laugh. Of course, everyone has a different understanding about humor, but all the loooong dialogs that try to be funny are just boring and dumb. the king is acting "crazy" but after 5 episodes of animal sounds it adds nothing new to his character. sorry, but that was not even a bit funny and a waste of time, but the illustration and animation were cool.… Expand

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BozoniniMay 30, 2021

Well I was so happy to find a fresh Simpson like show with so many great characters! The only characters who I completely didnt attach to is Bean. She is literally boring not natural forced SWJ feminist, lgbtq, weedloving, netflixagendaWell I was so happy to find a fresh Simpson like show with so many great characters! The only characters who I completely didnt attach to is Bean. She is literally boring not natural forced SWJ feminist, lgbtq, weedloving, netflixagenda character. There is nothing about her you can admire. She is a lazy alcoholic drug user and a part of a broing story. Netflix as usual try to inject maximum leftist politics in the show so if you want to relax and transfer into a magic world of Dreamland with funny characters - you won't because Netflix is there to brainwash you with politics. Third season made me completely quit the show.… Expand

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DharlasSep 24, 2019

Season 1: as the entry into the whole plot of the series it takes things very slowly and introduces the characters but it trips on this point. It re-uses a lot of voice actors from Matt's other shows and while it nice to hear the familiaritySeason 1: as the entry into the whole plot of the series it takes things very slowly and introduces the characters but it trips on this point. It re-uses a lot of voice actors from Matt's other shows and while it nice to hear the familiarity of these voices they are type cast so hard that they are a near parallel to their characters from the other shows. Character development is non-existent. Bean does what she wants because she is an alcoholic (a Matt staple) where she murders, destroys at whim because she just can. Nothing really stops her and she even touches on this fact negligently. She doesn't develop at all. Elfo changes slightly but even then is still bound by the chains of 'being an elf'. Luci is a demon and demons are evil, his job to corrupt Bean however could have been done by literally anything else with a half hearted malicious attempt. Definitely one of the superior characters, but entirely irrelevant as far as plot goes. One of the things this season is a true criminal for however is the wrongful usage of John DiMaggio. His character Zog (King of Dreamland and father to Bean) does nothing but yell. That I would argue is John's strong point but it's the escalation of his voice that brings real depth to the situations. But in Disenchantment all he does is yell. There is no escalation, no comedic timing its just yelling all the time and it is a waste of his efforts. The plot is barely noticeable, it bounces around until the ending of the season then wraps it all up with annoying scene changes to prevent the viewer from obtaining information which only leaves more questions, with an ending that just leaves more to be desired, and not in a good way. The 3d transition sequences are very awkward, this could just be me, but they hit the eye oddly and are to a point a bit nauseating. The first season could be just this however, the first season. An awkward first step into a new IP that will get stronger as it learns its new footing. However this is from Matt Groening. I believe he and his team are better than this. Which brings me to the final point for Season 1, the comedy (or lack thereof). The 'comedy' is so opaque its incredibly painful. I saw the jokes coming and the punchlines were so weak and obvious it was hard to enjoy them. In the entirety of this season there was one joke that actually surprised me and made me laugh. But the rest of it there was nothing to bother even mentioning. It makes blatant attempts to make jokes and its rather annoying. Perhaps if you have never watched Futurama or The Simpsons before these jokes would be enjoyable, but that doesn't help the delivery, or the impact. It was painful to watch and expect better from such a prolific series creator. Season 2: Everything that happened in towards the end of the first season gets dealt with and thrown away in the first couple episodes. So plot once more takes a back seat in this season, as they tease a new plot for a bit but never go along with it, in fact one of the new characters that starts the plot vanishes for no apparent reason, he is simply gone after starting this new adventure. The characters don't seem to change much outside of Zog who shows some actual development, albeit not very much. But some is better than none, the comedy this time around is even worse, perhaps I was not as invested going into it and paid less attention but the comedy wasn't as obvious, but it impacted just as feebly, there is not a single moment in this entire season that stands out. Elfo goes through some random developments that could be set up for something interesting, but then just resets himself as nothing ever happened. Luci gets a bar. Doesn't really impact anything just kind of happens. Its used as a staging point but it could have been used without him owning it and nothing would change. That seems to be the theme of season 2, things happening that have no purpose. Its still lackluster and could be done better in many ways, throughout the season there are multiple teases at the plot that they never touch again until the final episode, which they then leave on a cliff hanger. Which as in season 1 comes across as a desperate grab at attention to get another season, which has been already greenlit for 2020. There really isn't more to go on, the characters don't really have any growth, Bean does what Bean does. Elfo follows around as the annoying Deus Ex Machina, and Luci really sits on the sidelines this time around, more than usual, with less of a puppet master role and more of a bystander. Zog does deal with issues and grows a bit, and some of the side characters get more plot involvement, but its all teases. Some characters get even less time such as Sorcerio, I actually forgot about him in this season he was barely around. All in all Disenchantment hasn't done better going into a second season, when it didn't really have a good foothold to begin with it seems to have just stumbled even more.… Expand

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