The Midnight Gospel

Netflix | Release Date: April 20, 2020

8.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 60 Ratings

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stevesdropApr 30, 2020

Absolutely must see. Stunning dance of visual imagination and profound conversations.

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JhwaldoJul 29, 2020

One of the things I like about Midnight Gospel is its premise. The setting is itself an interesting commentary on a number of contemporary phenomena: consumer/spectator culture, humanity's engagement with virtual reality/simulated spaces, andOne of the things I like about Midnight Gospel is its premise. The setting is itself an interesting commentary on a number of contemporary phenomena: consumer/spectator culture, humanity's engagement with virtual reality/simulated spaces, and my personal favorite, the concept of the "influencer/DIY podcaster.” The juxtaposition of these zeitgeist themes against the deep topics of conversation that flow throughout the season (Along with some wild and spellbinding visual and musical sequences) creates a potent, and yet strangely endearing, sense of irony throughout. And it ends up as really good, one-of-a-kind comedy. Irony is employed all too often in order to discredit/invalidate. It is weaponized. Here, it is just there without an agenda other than pointing out how silly we are… Expand

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Emme_0Apr 22, 2020

Spanish review:
Increíble show! Cada plano de esta serie muestra la creatividad del director y lo mucho que se esmeran los ilustradores y animadores.
Trata de temas transcendentales y tabús, en cada episodio se requiere de un 100% de atenciónSpanish review:
Increíble show! Cada plano de esta serie muestra la creatividad del director y lo mucho que se esmeran los ilustradores y animadores.
Trata de temas transcendentales y tabús, en cada episodio se requiere de un 100% de atención para captar cada detalle y frase importante. También muestra el universo desde diversos puntos de vista contando con el nihilismo, budismo y hedonismo, entre otros. *Una serie que no puede gustar a cualquier persona* pero sin duda se admira poniendo en un hilo de fonambulista la vida misma cuestionando esta.… Expand

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DpiontApr 21, 2020

Incrível,0 defeitos, mais perfeita impossível. Alô Netflix já pode renovar ela pra 2 temporada.

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AlexApexJan 27, 2021

The art style would most likely turn people away from this show like CN’s Adventure Time but there is a deep meaning in the show’s message. The dialogue is mostly from a podcast from real people as they discuss things like healing throughThe art style would most likely turn people away from this show like CN’s Adventure Time but there is a deep meaning in the show’s message. The dialogue is mostly from a podcast from real people as they discuss things like healing through their hard times while also trying to figure out the meaning of life. It’s heavy stuff; not for kids. Worth watching.… Expand

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SadSpinach13Apr 24, 2020

Definitely not what I was expecting but the down to earth, genuine conversations paired with the insanity of the animation are captivating. Its not adult Adventure Time, but it is a show worth watching.

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sussumulg2Apr 22, 2020

Incredible series. It manages to present extremely reality-grounded discussion while providing outer-worldly quality animation. In 8 episodes, the series manage to present episodes which have individual value while expanding the world andIncredible series. It manages to present extremely reality-grounded discussion while providing outer-worldly quality animation. In 8 episodes, the series manage to present episodes which have individual value while expanding the world and giving the main character some unexpected but good development. The last episode is marvelous. Gives the whole series an expanded meaning. Can't wait for season 2.… Expand

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EoghanApr 21, 2020

Irreverent and offbeat, this adult themed left of stream animation is everything you never knew you wanted from an adult Adventure Time.

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JackalemoApr 25, 2020

This show is like 2 shows in each episode. Chose to listen to the dialogue and you'll get an interesting conversation about death, life, and everything in between. Chose to watch the chaos on the screen and you'll have some pretty fun andThis show is like 2 shows in each episode. Chose to listen to the dialogue and you'll get an interesting conversation about death, life, and everything in between. Chose to watch the chaos on the screen and you'll have some pretty fun and trippy visuals. It's a masterpiece.… Expand

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LuizatfmApr 28, 2020

The complexity from having the podcast going on with the crazy cartoon going on is hypnotizing. The calm and good way of how everything is showed is relaxing to the point! Great show!

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brockcheeseJan 25, 2021

This show can be hard to follow due to the esoteric nature of many of the conversations, but with the nuanced and heartfelt take on the human experience combined with the stunning animation this is a winner.

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elPieroMar 26, 2021

I don't have words for how personal this show hits you. The concept of an animated podcast works amazing.

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zoldickJan 13, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's fact that there is a good moment for animations. The popularity of adult cartoons is high and animations for a young audience is taking about themes more matures that is consideraded inapropriate for kids or teenagers. The animation industry is putting faith in animations. The Midnight Gospel, the most recent Pendleton Ward's serie, the creator of Adventure Time, is a retrat of this: a animation produced by the biggest movie and serie streaming of world, Netflix. The animation, now, is consumed like any other arte like cinema, literature or music, with capacity to tell stories and bring ideas and concepts.

The Midnight Gospel is not only possible in XXI century because of the ascention of animation in entretenimaint market, but because of it was produced in a time when the midia formats is intersects, when image and video, audio and draw is mixed, a fenonemo tipic of comunication and information of pos-modernity. In the case of Netflix animation, this intersect happen between image and podcast. In fact, the cartoon was baseaded in Duncan Trussel podcast, humorist that make Clancy voice. The Midnight Gosple is only possible in a frenetic world, when the information is created all the time, when art, culture and entreteniment talking each other thought metalanguage and any references in only episodes. A refletion about the velocity of information, passing in many midia formats like streaming, video, image, news, internet, etc.

In 2010, Pendleton Ward was making his most famous work, Adventure Time, by Cartoon Network, after apresentated a pilot to Nickloadeon. In this time, the cartoon was consideraded frenetic and original because of its fantasy and fiction baseaded in Hayao Miyazaki movies, RPG games and old Cartoon Network works like Flapjack (when Ward already work), besides, obviously, talk about taboos like homossexuality, relationship, death, mental insanity, etc. In exactly after 10 years, in a time interval when news themes are more accept by society and entreteniment industry is growing up with adult cartoons, Ward bring The Midnight Gospel realizing everything that Adventure Time made in 2010 with complex and adult themes.

The Netflix serie talk about this type of themes misturing the Duncan podcast audio and Ward animation, and the transposition of one format in the other is the way like the serie show its has security to talk about this themes in conversations, even knowing the existing risk of, simplicity, mix so different midias, knowing cinema and tv series need a screen with a tecnic prepar and that Duncan show is a talking podcast with espontaneas conversations. This show how the news generations want to brake any taboos; one of them is death, one of the most commented by cartoon, besides, the title of work make references to death. "Midnight" can be interpretated like a simbology to a circle, the end of one thing and the start of other. Even the episodes talk about other themes like drugs, religion, budism, magic and maternity, the death is present parallel with this themes.

The last two episodes of serie (seven and eight), in relation with the constant present of death as discution object of animation, has especial caracterist comparing with other episodes, because of the differente manner to talk, because of approach other theme with it. The episode 7 put Clancy, literally, to have a conversation with death, who are manifested in a physic body, abandoning passivity of old episodes and being a active existence who talk, walk and think like Clancy. The idea is demystify and humanize it, transforming it image in something natural of life and destroy the stereotypes that demonizate it.

The 8th episode is one of the most important to the serie, because, not only Clancy/Duncan talk to him mother, mounths before she die, but is a episode about the life and it challenges, after all the cartoon talk about death. Knowing him mother will die because of her cancer, Duncan Trussel/Clancy experiences on the skin what it is to accept death, after talking about it in 7 episodes.

The Midnight Gospel show that ficction and fantasy can be real, and reality can be imaginous. In the surrealism of the animation, real people bring real ideias and real concepts, including scientist or criminals sentenced to death, and all of surrealism is happen while this people are talking. This constrast between reality and ficction is a union between animation and podcast. The animation transforme the podcast more imaginous while the podcast transforme the animation more real, broking the limits between reality and fantasy, subjectity and objectivy.… Expand

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32mazeMar 13, 2022

i think its a good series with a lot of passion put into it. sometimes it's hard to focus on the podcast while watching the animation but overall it's fantastic. Edit: Netflix really likes cancelling good shows and greenlighting terriblei think its a good series with a lot of passion put into it. sometimes it's hard to focus on the podcast while watching the animation but overall it's fantastic. Edit: Netflix really likes cancelling good shows and greenlighting terrible ones. This show deserves more love.… Expand

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