A family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world.A family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world.A family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world.
- Nominated for 8 Primetime Emmys
- 13 wins & 62 nominations total
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Summary
Reviewers say 'The Umbrella Academy' is appreciated for its unique superhero action, humor, and family drama. The quirky characters and strong performances, especially from Robert Sheehan and Aidan Gallagher, are praised. The engaging storyline and music enhance the experience. However, some criticize inconsistent writing, pacing issues, and a disappointing final season. Despite these flaws, many find the series entertaining and innovative within the superhero genre.
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Really enjoyed this show but the last season completely felt out of sync with the whole show. Ended in such a dumb way. It had potential but this seemed like a huge after thought. None of the characters except for Claude seemed like themselves. It's so sad they have so much trouble ending these shows on a good note. This season while it has some interesting parts there was so much missing and most of the characters did nothing. Why so short also. Getting really tired of these 6 episode season where the writing is crap and nothing happens and it's called a season much less a series finally. Blah.
The show started so good with season 1 and 2, but like every other show or movie that explores time travel, timelines and multiverses, it's easy to get lost along the way. After so many changes, plot lines, characters dying and coming back alive, losing or gaining powers, it really starts to look like nothing makes sense anymore. Yet, I had some hopes for last season. Having watched the whole thing I have to say I'm really disappointed and genuinely sad. Every once in a while I watch shows that start good and finish bad, and I usually still recommend them cause the good in the beginning is "worth it", but this is not the case. The last season is a total mess, writers seem to have gotten lost in the complications of all the plotlines and totally forgot what the show was really about. The plotlines made no sense, the main plotline had no explanation, they did ALL the characters so dirty, they left many (important) questions unanswered, and the finale felt so disconnected to the start of the story. To all honestly, right now I'm grieving a show that had so much potencial and just ended in the worst possible way.
After season 2 everything went downhill. We had high expectations but we ended up with garbage. Season 4 is especially bad, you can practically feel the hate toward the viewers. Not to mention the contradiction galore and stupid plot.
!!! Anyone who forces others to listen to Baby Shark is an *'/+%*) and should be painfully and slowly tortured then executed. !!!
I recommend to watch only the first two seasons and forget about the other two. It will keep you calmer, saner, happier.
The ending is almost Dexter level bad and we still did not get every answer and because of that a real closure.
!!! Anyone who forces others to listen to Baby Shark is an *'/+%*) and should be painfully and slowly tortured then executed. !!!
I recommend to watch only the first two seasons and forget about the other two. It will keep you calmer, saner, happier.
The ending is almost Dexter level bad and we still did not get every answer and because of that a real closure.
Robert Sheehan as Klaus for me is the best thing about this show. Overall it got better as it went on. Looking forward to a new season.
Very entertaining series about superheroes, where superheroes have a life, a character, dramas and traumas...
But what in my opinion raises it above the already good series is the use of music in the movie. Remarkable, impressive, needs to recognized with an award. It's been years (pulp fiction?) since I saw such a perfect use of music for the last time!
Did you know
- TriviaAidan Gallagher (Five) was not allowed to be on set during any gun fight scenes because of child labor laws. Instead a body double was used.
- GoofsLila has a thick British accent even though the Handler raised her from the age of 4 and no one else in the commission had an accent.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Good Morning America: Jussie Smollett (2019)
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- The Umbrella Academy
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- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada(location)
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- 1h(60 min)
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- 2.00 : 1
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