Plot(8.2) The plot is amazing, and fantastically creative, opening up a lot of possible adventures to journey upon, which is criminally underused sometimes, but beautifully accessed in other times. The story gets out of hand after a while, and gets a little ridiculous, lurching into a Sci-Fi fantasy, that goes out of reach of common sense, and becomes jumbled up in a large amount of sub-plots confusing the on-looking, ordinary viewer. The stuff with the kids is eccentrically great, and gives a fantastical look into the world, with a bright, whimsical, but at the same time, wretchedly dark tone in the day-to-day lives of the seven kids. But with the adults, it's mediocre, at best. The adults have a grim portrayal of a world that could have been used a lot more! And it tells in idiotic frenzy of a story, taking you out of the immersive experience of The Umbrella Academy.

Music(7.9) The music is great, as long as it is previously created, and licensed music that was not specially created as background music(i.e. the soundtrack). The music is beautiful, providing the emotions that need to be felt in that scene, when it's being whimsical, it doesn't sham whimsical down your throat like they made Mary Poppins another time, and when it's trying to portray sad, and dark, it perfectly portrays it, with great music, made by great artists. But the soundtrack, is plain and boring, and doesn't spend any time trying to invest it's viewers, and add to, what should be, an immersive experience going on.

Acting(8.1) The kid's and their acting is fantastic, and drags you into their fantasy world, making you feel like it's filled with real people, who have real feelings, and are not just reading out lines from a manuscript, it's absolutely astonishing! But, the adults, are, good... at best.. They seem like people just acting, and don't portray the perfect drama, comedy, etc. that they should be doing, and matching the kids, as veteran actors. Which is slightly shameful on the actors part.

Action(9.2) The action is fun, and provides a great deal of whimsical goodness, with all the powers that the characters have in Umbrella Academy, unlike a lot of other things in the show, they are definitely not criminally underused! With flips and insane gymnastics everywhere from the characters, it's incredibly action-packed and fulfilling .

Humour(9.1) The comedy in Umbrella Academy, is not hilarious, which I don't think it's trying to be, but gets a few chuckles out of the viewer, and it's not comedy sticking in your face, but it's little quips thrown out here and there, providing for some great banter. One of my favorite scenes showing this is in the first scene which the kids are in, the one where they stop a bank robbery, it's like Dick Grayson(Robin #1) got cloned and had a bunch of him running around like the Mighty Morpin' Power Ranger's.

Characters(7.8) The characters are filled with drama that makes no actual sense, and different views that provide no back-up. These characters are filled to the brim with emotion, and have little to no personality shown, most of the time, though they do have their fair share of (ranging from) good to brilliant moments that keep you going, and refreshed. But the real thing that keeps you going and refreshed, and immersed in a fantastical world, is Number 5, or also known as, Five. He is the perfect character, he's funny, with hilarious quips, of which I was talking about earlier, a bleak sense on life, showing how much of a terrible place the sick, cold world can be, and an also optimistic and positive approach, believing that he can do anything, in a more then arrogant sort of way.

7.8/10