This is a review for Netflix's new dramedy series, Love, which is now available to stream. The entire first season. All 10 episodes. But it's light on spoilers. Not that there are an abundance of crucial elements to spoil really, but I still won't mention much of anything that happens in the back half of the season. This is a safe place. I got you.
So Love is great. I really enjoyed Love. Perhaps for reasons I never assumed. One of Love's greatest strengths is its unexpectedness. There's almost an "audience contempt" vibe, in fact.
Look, it's called Love. It's from Judd Apatow. It's going to be witty and harsh and dig into the ins and outs of relationships. Both the beautiful and ugly parts. But in the end, you're probably going to assume, at the start, that this is all a show about the two leads getting together. Meeting. Courting. Arguing. Falling apart. Rediscovering each other. The works.
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So Love is great. I really enjoyed Love. Perhaps for reasons I never assumed. One of Love's greatest strengths is its unexpectedness. There's almost an "audience contempt" vibe, in fact.
Look, it's called Love. It's from Judd Apatow. It's going to be witty and harsh and dig into the ins and outs of relationships. Both the beautiful and ugly parts. But in the end, you're probably going to assume, at the start, that this is all a show about the two leads getting together. Meeting. Courting. Arguing. Falling apart. Rediscovering each other. The works.
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