Reviews are in! First, from Variety (read in full here.)

That perfect balance of reverence and irreverence is what immediately catapults “Willow” to the upper echelon of Disney+ series…

The first three episodes are briskly plotted and generous with action setpieces, but something doesn’t work about the early character moments, which individually can feel too compressed and rushed. But all the table setting pays handsomely in the fourth episode [shot by Joel Devlin] a bottle episode inasmuch as a massive haunted mansion can be considered a bottle. The episode is where the show truly jells, successfully weaving together its romantic instincts with the scariest elements of the world. It evokes “Evil Dead” as told by J.R.R. Tolkien, and is an absolute blast. By the time the fifth episode [edited by Stephen O’Connell] starts with a chase sequence set to Swedish punk band Alle! Alle!, whatever resistance remains to this genre gem melts away. “Willow” is the real deal, almost good enough to warrant blowing off Mother’s Day.

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