2024 Show
Jeremy Slater & Steve Blackman · Canada, United States of America · English
Watch he Umbrella Academy For The Sci-Fi But Also The Family Dynamic
An eccentric billionaire. A freakishly strong character who is ashamed of his strength. A Captain America-esque leader. An old mentor in the form of a wise talking monkey. You guessed it; The Umbrella Academy is about superheroes.
One fateful day in 1989 many women across the globe give birth at the same time, but at the start of that day, none of them were pregnant. The eccentric billionaire adopts a number of these children to form The Umbrella Academy, a collective similar to X-Men or The Avengers. Except, because they are all kind of related, this show is about their family dynamic as much as it is about their superpowers.
The Umbrella Academy is an entertaining story of superheroes that is rarely original but always enjoyable. Ellen Page plays one of the kids (the black sheep of the family who has no superpowers), and she’s a joy to watch.
And substantial bonus: Mary J. Blige (!) plays a hitman.
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
"There are plenty of wild surprises waiting in store for those unfamiliar with the comic, but plenty of enjoyment to be found for those who have read it."
— Kambole Campbell
"The show manages to walk a tremendously tricky tightrope, balancing X-Men's riff on superheroic misfits with a Haunting of Hill House-esque story about childhood trauma and multigenerational dysfunction."
— Scott Meslow
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Interesting plot. Can’t wait for season 2