Smiley

What would happen if in real life we were connected to our ideal partner by a red thread that ran through our lives and gave us direction? And how would we cope if the thread suddenly snapped? Purely story-wise, Smiley offers nothing we haven't seen elsewhere, either in film or series or in real life. At the beginning of the first episode, I was close to turning the series off because the Spanish somehow bothered me, but I'm glad I stuck with it, and I basically binged all the episodes in one go. As is often the case with relationship dramas and romcoms, the characters in Smiley are slackers at times, something you could attribute to that (in)famous Spanish flair and liveliness. But I liked how the creators managed to combine romance with drama and humour in an effective way. I also praise the dream sequences and the play with the image and the characters within it (although at one point there were too many "talking frames"). The series really grabbed me and didn’t let me go until the end, despite the unmissable cheesiness and the mood swings of the characters, coupled with the carousel of arguments and reconciliation. So to the initial question: would we tie a knot in it? Would we go in search of another red thread? Or would we treat each other in such a way that the thread would never break? (15/01/2023)