- Network: Prime Video
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 26, 2021
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The series has a palpable “more of an eight-hour movie” thing going on, and the potential of that model is that it will all coalesce in the end into this glorious, big, transfixing story. But the pitfall is that it makes these opening episodes a little weaker; there are so many characters happening here, so many story threads to put in place, that it’s hard to know what to invest in as a viewer.
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Some of its characters are unapologetic parodies (the Batman facsimile “Darkwing”, for example), and you could easily go through picking out elements or story ideas that have cropped up in Watchmen, or The Incredibles, or Sky High, or Misfits. But there are still some good bones to its premise, and just enough subversiveness to let you ignore the fact this is a story you’ve seen a hundred times before.
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The voice cast is the easiest thing to praise about Invincible, which features J.K. Simmons as the gruff and irascible Omni-Man, Sandra Oh as Mark’s mom Debbie and Mark Hamill, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Walton Goggins and Jason Mantzoukas in supporting roles. But their spirited turns can’t make up for the series’ fatally sluggish pacing — the result of stretching out what feels like a half-hour’s worth of material into 45 bloated minutes.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 99 out of 113
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Mixed: 7 out of 113
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Negative: 7 out of 113
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Mar 31, 2021Fantastic start to what looks like an amazing animated TV show. And not to mention the great voice performances.
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Apr 11, 2021Just love this show. Robert Kirkman never disappoints. I was a little surprised with the timeline shift from the comics.
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Apr 10, 2021