Invasion (2021)

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Season 1
  • Network: Apple TV+
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 22, 2021
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 45
  3. Negative: 24 out of 45
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  1. Ominous_Hashtag
    Oct 29, 2021
    4
    Agonisingly slow narrative with way too much fixation on every minute of the characters’ emotional state. I have a lot of patience for sensible slow burn buildup but this is ridiculous. Nothing really happens, boring AF.
  2. Ruabadfsh2
    Jan 4, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Invasion is a sci-fi show with very little sci-fi. This would be ok with better writing, less perplexing systems, and more interesting story beats, which this show doesn’t have. There are many plot pieces left unexplained and they do not do a good job of making the viewer want to hang around for answers if this gets a second season. Acting was decent, especially from several of the younger stars but the writing did them little justice. Overall I wish I would have given this show a pass and can’t recommend it to others.… Expand
  3. ARSM
    Nov 18, 2021
    6
    There is something completely wrong with this series.
    It tries to be Pearl-Harbor, telling the story of a great tragedy from a simple man perspective.
    But also keeps it too slow and too minimalistic most of the time. The tragedy advances, the fear growth, but the real story stutters. So, it becomes hard to enjoy tiny-tragedies, where big things are somewhere behind the horizon. And    There is something completely wrong with this series.
    It tries to be Pearl-Harbor, telling the story of a great tragedy from a simple man perspective.

    But also keeps it too slow and too minimalistic most of the time.
    The tragedy advances, the fear growth, but the real story stutters.

    So, it becomes hard to enjoy tiny-tragedies, where big things are somewhere behind the horizon. And what you see barely matters.    … Expand
  4. Moxiejeff
    Oct 22, 2021
    4
    First episode is great. No idea why this new show is getting low reviews. Extremely smart, beautifully filmed.

Awards & Rankings

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#20 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: David Craig
    Dec 3, 2021
    60
    While not being a particularly exciting slice of sci-fi, nor the best-written drama you’ll find on television this year – or even this month – Invasion is still an oddly watchable show. Its hodgepodge of disparate storylines work better than they have any right to.
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  2. Polygon
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rivera
    Nov 10, 2021
    60
    Like This Is Us, Invasion is mostly interested in an emotional connection with its characters, rather than in the trappings of science fiction — and it isn’t afraid of doing a little manipulation to get there.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Steve Greene
    Oct 22, 2021
    42
    There are precious few pieces of “Invasion” that don’t feel like they’re already riffing on pre-established genre ideas. It’s that all of these storylines, when added together, make up a whole that’s almost completely devoid of any emotional anchor.
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