Yahoo News The first reviews for Marvel's Cloak & Dagger are in
Not long after Marvel's Cloak & Dagger unveiled its very moody trailer, the first reviews of the angsty series have started trickling in from South by Southwest Film Festival.
So, what did attendees think of Freeform's take on the slightly overwrought genre of brooding superhero drama? Very good things, actually.
Following a preview of Cloak & Dagger's pilot, it seems that the consensus is that of praise – particularly over the two "immensely good" leads in Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph.
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The AV Club's Alex McLeavy wrote: "The two young leads are immensely good. They'll be the reason [to] watch," while Joi Childs also singled out Holt and Joseph's "solid performances".
Meredith Borders for /Film praised the show's "powerful storytelling" and unique take on the YA superhero genre. "Cloak & Dagger feels new in every particular," she said.
"It feels exciting and significant. We're lucky to have it."
I’ll have more thoughts on the premiere episode of Marvel’s #CloakAndDagger up on the site soon, but let me just say this: the two young leads are immensely good. They’ll be the reason the watch.
- mclevy @SXSW (@alexm247) March 11, 2018
Man, @CloakAndDagger has a lot of promise. Solid intro and performances. And @GPBmadeit did an amazing job as EP1 Director #SXSW pic.twitter.com/z5jLhJSqvJ
- Joi @ SXSW (@jumpedforjoi) March 11, 2018
#CloakAndDagger is a really smart, mature, visually accomplished Marvel show, and I can’t wait to watch more. Super fun having Jeph Loeb on another YA superhero show #sxsw
- Meredith Borders (@xymarla) March 11, 2018
