Marvel's Runaways

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Season 1
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 21, 2017
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 144 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 96 out of 144
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 144
  3. Negative: 32 out of 144
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  1. ScienceAdvisor
    Nov 28, 2017
    3
    After four episodes this is mostly boring backstory, juxtaposed with a shocking laissez fair attitude towards magic, super powers, and super tech. While it may get better, I doubt it will be worth watching in anything less than a total binge with heavy use of fast forward.
  2. cherold
    Jan 14, 2018
    1
    There are some shows you know you'll love in the first five minutes, and some you know you'll hate, and Runaways falls into the second category. From the first episode, there was this slow, aimless feel to it, reinforced as it went along by the introduction of a lot of bland characters one after the other.

    In spite of the Marvel connection, the feel was more teen drama than fantasy,    There are some shows you know you'll love in the first five minutes, and some you know you'll hate, and Runaways falls into the second category. From the first episode, there was this slow, aimless feel to it, reinforced as it went along by the introduction of a lot of bland characters one after the other.

    In spite of the Marvel connection, the feel was more teen drama than fantasy, which made more sense once I learned it was from the people who did the OC.

    Fans of that show, I take it, are the target audience, rather than people who want an exciting action/fantasy series like Legion or The Gifted. If you want some teen drama threaded with a superhero theme, you're welcome to it, but I certainly won't watch any more of this tedious thing.    … Expand
  3. xbestmanx1
    Jun 11, 2018
    0
    This show starts terribly slow and it doesn't add anything to its awful character development . It is an absolute torture to watch first season .
  4. Runawaysblows
    Dec 24, 2018
    0
    This has to be the worst Marvel brand show I have watched. Even worse than Shield and Agent Carter...I Found myself rooting for the bad guy. Hoping he sacrificed the whiny teen garbage they have acting in this junk. This thing is the exact same show every episode. Really just goes nowhere. The main cast is so annoying that I rather watch paint dry.
  5. Qgal5kap
    Dec 28, 2017
    0
    What a total piece of crap. Don't waste your time with this one people. Unless you are a snowflake, seeking to further your investment in echo chambers.
  6. Klaus_Stortebek
    Dec 2, 2017
    0
    I have just registered on Metacritic to write this little review and try to save as many people as possible for loosing couple of hours of their lives. I personally have watched 3 episodes and couldn't end the fourth one. Just turned it off and tried to forgot I have ever even started.

    The story goes NOWHERE even after the first 3 hours of the show. We still don't know a tiny bit about    I have just registered on Metacritic to write this little review and try to save as many people as possible for loosing couple of hours of their lives. I personally have watched 3 episodes and couldn't end the fourth one. Just turned it off and tried to forgot I have ever even started.

    The story goes NOWHERE even after the first 3 hours of the show. We still don't know a tiny bit about what's going on. There are ONLY the dialogues and they're bad. Drama is artificial. Kids are cliched stereotypes, including Asian, Black, Jock, Feminist, Pretty blonde bimbo etc... etc... etc.. Black dude is ex-gangster, genius white guy is cruel father while white woman is religious cult leader. The thing is... they're just stereotypes, without any meaning to their origins too... And it's not like we have Asian, because tv show tried to give us some insight about Asian culture or something... She's just Asian because she looks like it with eyes smaller than Europeans. She's there to just make it check. "Ok, so do we have everyone? Black? checked... Asian checked... white? checked"

    And I don't know what to write about story, because, as I said above, after 3 and a half an hour I watched, there's really isn't any of it    … Expand
  7. GarvielLoken
    Nov 24, 2017
    0
    I swear to God, this is the worst, most boring TV show i've ever seen. The first 3 episodes show a backstory for the main characters: kids from all the racial color spectrums from multimillionaire families with first world problems (i have everything i need in life ohhh nooo i must RUN AWAY!!!) One of the main characters is a purple haired LGBT feminist, trying to give people LGBT leafletsI swear to God, this is the worst, most boring TV show i've ever seen. The first 3 episodes show a backstory for the main characters: kids from all the racial color spectrums from multimillionaire families with first world problems (i have everything i need in life ohhh nooo i must RUN AWAY!!!) One of the main characters is a purple haired LGBT feminist, trying to give people LGBT leaflets in front of her school, which nobody wants, and this stresses her out. And so she RUNS AWAY. Because people are not interested in learning all 63 genders and destroying the patriarchy. Yes, there is a 5 min long scene, where the purple head feminist is explaining patriarchy. No powers, no main villains, no nothing. Just verbal diarrhea for 45 minutes. Giving this trash show a 0 is being generous.… Expand
  8. gusty
    Jul 21, 2018
    2
    It's a terrible show. Bad writing, bad characters, horrible actors, horrible direction. Ok, it's a show for teenagers, and those are allowed to be bad. I could probably watch it without any major complaints, if it wasn't for some serious moral issues. Like for instance when it shows a rape attempt, in a superficial manner, only for the two main characters to get together, and then later onIt's a terrible show. Bad writing, bad characters, horrible actors, horrible direction. Ok, it's a show for teenagers, and those are allowed to be bad. I could probably watch it without any major complaints, if it wasn't for some serious moral issues. Like for instance when it shows a rape attempt, in a superficial manner, only for the two main characters to get together, and then later on we see the perpetrators in a different light, and, surprise, they were actually kinda nice. Or the guy who beats his wife and small kid in a regular basis, but then again it was just a nice guy who was too stressed out. Or the group of parents who happened to kill over 15 teenagers, but in the end they were just trying to do what was best for their own kids. It's not a problem to bring about matters such as rape or domestic violence in a show for teenagers, the problem is the writers have no sense of anything whatsoever, and do it in a way that's unacceptable. (3 points for the special effects, also horrible, but lovely horrible)… Expand
  9. Almu01
    Nov 24, 2017
    0
    This series is about rich kids that discovers the the bad truth about their parents.This series is the best Marvel drama series till now. This series has a little taste of Stranger things. The story is a little bit slow, but gives enough excitement so you can't wait to the next episode.
  10. herminott
    Feb 11, 2019
    3
    Argh, Marvels Runaways was obviously written by a lesbian with wish fulfillment. Purple haired one is her as she is. Interested in the most attractive/popular guy in high school. Who obviously she gets. He’s interested in her for what reason again?

    The attractive blonde is who she’d like to be. Turning away everyone, while any guy or girl who she kisses is madly in love with her    Argh, Marvels Runaways was obviously written by a lesbian with wish fulfillment. Purple haired one is her as she is. Interested in the most attractive/popular guy in high school. Who obviously she gets. He’s interested in her for what reason again?

    The attractive blonde is who she’d like to be. Turning away everyone, while any guy or girl who she kisses is madly in love with her immediately. Good grief. Can you just tell a story about heroes, powers, and villains. Without making everything about your awkward high school and college phases. None of us care, most of us don’t relate, and it’s definitely not entertaining.

    About the only redeeming part of the show is the music and some of the actors. But it is slow and ploting. In the time it takes them to build for the season 1 finish you could have done so much more. The characters motives are all over the place. There is no clarity to their decision making. Its just bad.    … Expand

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Nov 22, 2017
    50
    Runaways could be great if it dug into the question of whether it’s possible to be a bad person and a good parent, a different take on leading a double life than is standard in superhero fare. But this first part of the season, at least, doesn’t seize that opportunity to stand out. Like most teenagers, Runaways just wants to fit in.
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  2. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Michael Haigis
    Nov 21, 2017
    50
    The series attempts to transpose ordinary pubescent strife onto an extraordinary framework, using relatable teen struggles to temper the plot's absurdity. But the resulting incongruity, between the magnitude of the teens' discovery and the playfulness of their subsequent detective work, leaves us waiting for these young people to realistically process what they've witnessed.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Liz Shannon Miller
    Nov 21, 2017
    91
    It’s off to an incredibly compelling start, thanks to Schwartz and Strange’s confident storytelling, and should it keep moving forward at its current pace, it could become a truly addictive hit. As it is, it’s one of Marvel’s most promising series to date.
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