Captain Fall (2023)
10/10
Netflix pushes the boundaries of animation!
7 August 2023
Once pitched as a live-action show, the series transformed into an animated trailblazer that is edgy, raunchy, and irreverent. Follow along as the lovable loser Captain Jonathan Fall (Jason Ritter) becomes unknowingly mixed up in the dangerous world of black-market peddling aboard the Caribbean Queen. The Naval Academy flunky is recruited by an international cartel as Ritter captures the innocence of this bumbling idiot stupendously. He's as effortless at slapstick humor as his legendary father was on Three's Company. And his brother Tanner (Adam DeVine) is just as inappropriate as DeVine's lovable Modern Family character Andy Bailey was innocent. In fact, this contrast seems rather metaphorical as this boundary pushing series converts a number of actors known for righteous roles into twisted deviants with no holds barred.

Cedric Yarbrough was hilarious in The Goldbergs and Speechless, and his golden voice lends credence to the bravado of the show's arrogant officer Chief O'Neil. The half-hour installments feature hilarity, from the dysfunctional Fall family members to the oddballs who come and go.

The characters of whom I'm most fond are the villainous antagonists, from the sensual Liza, played by South African Lesley-Ann Brandt of Lucifer, to Pedro whose smoky Latin voice is perfectly delivered by Mexican native Alejandro Edda. You'll even hear the familiar voices of Bebe Neuwirth (Cheers) and David Schwimmer (Friends). Fans of grown-up content conveyed through animation will love this show!
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