X
- Netflix
- Feb 25, 2022
- Netflix
- Feb 25, 2022
- Netflix
- Feb 25, 2022
- Netflix
- Feb 25, 2022
Season Episodes
View All Seasons
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
70
86% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
70
86% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
So, sure, the show can sometimes feel like a montage of strapping, bearded men introducing themselves to each other before beating each other up. But “Valhalla” also demonstrates enough ambition and handle on its characters and pivotal time period to justify diving into its world, no matter how much you may have known about it before taking the plunge.
The vast audience for Vikings is clearly the target for Valhalla, and those viewers won’t be disappointed, but they also won’t be blown away; the show takes a while to find its way.
To view Vikings: Valhalla as targeting the spirit of the times rather than to-the-letter of the times is to enjoy on its own terms, and its own terms are ultimately fair. Maybe they keep the show from being truly great, but in terms of pure entertainment and getting you to click that “next episode” button, everything here works perfectly.
These characters may not have much complexity or depth, but they compensate for their thinness with a surplus of furious attitude—save, that is, for Corlett’s Leif, who turns out to be far duller than expected from one of the series’ nominal heroes.
It stays consistently entertaining even as it fails some of its best ideas. The production values are very high, resulting in a show that’s confidently made, and the cast is uniformly charismatic.
Valhalla is promising, offering an exciting new batch of characters, it needs to fix its pacing issue and lean into more of its strengths rather than trying to retread the path of history.
After a well-paced opening episode the plot starts to drag, mainly when it focuses on a female character, Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson), back in Scandinavia while the main action takes place in England. It is much better when giving us battle scenes, or the machinations involving Æthelred's callow son, Edmund, and shrewd widow, Emma of Normandy.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 67 User Ratings
2.5
19% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
7% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
73% Negative
49 Ratings
49 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 67 User Ratings
2.5
19% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
7% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
73% Negative
49 Ratings
49 Ratings
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.