Review of Smiley

Smiley (II) (2022)
7/10
The focus of the show is on too many different characters and a lot of them were not particularly interesting.
11 January 2023
Season One: 7/10

Themes: Drama, Lgbtq+, Comedy, Gay, Lesbian, Love at First Sight, Failing Marriage, Reunited Childhood Friends, Hook-Up Culture, Drag Queen, Broken Relationship, Opposites Attract, Romance & Spanish.

Review: Unfortunately I have to admit that this show ended up disappointing me a little. I had different expectations from it than what we got. Whereas I thought the series would focus on Àlex and Bruno for the most part, the focus ended up being split amongst lots of other characters as well. And honestly, none of these other characters interested me much. I really tried to get invested in all the storylines, but it just didn't really end up working. Thus, I ended up feeling bored quite often. And, to make matters worse, the only couple I was actually interested in, Àlex and Bruno, didn't even manage to live up to their potential either. Although these two did heavily interact with each other during the first two to three episodes, after that, there was literally nothing going on between them. They don't speak, they don't connect further: just nothing. Apparently they met just once, fought and hooked up, and that was it. We didn't get any more depth or development after that, and I felt like we were left with a promising beginning that fizzled out into blah. So... Yea. Disappointing. Nonetheless, that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy this series at all, because I did. There were moments I was invested and felt entertained; it's just that there were just also moments where I wasn't. All in all, I feel like this show was average and it definitely could have been better.

Top three characters: 1) Àlex, 2) Vero and 3) Javier.
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