Describe a romantic comedy script often looks like the lottery of an automatic generator. Love at first sight in Notting Hill ? The story of a bookseller who falls in love with a movie star. Pretty Woman ? That of a businessman who falls in love with a prostitute. The proposal ? A editor gets engaged with her assistant so as not to be expelled from the United States (yes, she falls in love). To love, to deaththe new Spanish series of Apple TV +, is no exception to the rule. This time, a young man who has just learned that he has heart cancer meets his dulcinated, pregnant, during a burial. Depressing? Think again: this Spanish series is a jewel of funny and lightness. The object does not revolutionize the genre, as the usual ingredients of a good “Romcom” are there. A prudent and poorly dumbputing main character, a sort of Hugh Grant in Spanish sauce; her game partner, indomitable but charmed in spite of herself; For decor, the heat of the Spanish sun. But the alchemy between the two actors works, supported by solid secondary roles and an offbeat humor.
In the cinema, the romantic comedy reached its zenith in the early 2000s. It is not a peremptory assertion, but the reality of the figures. Greek marriagereleased in 2002, is the greatest success at the box-office accomplished by the gender ($ 241 million in revenue) followed by What women want ($ 183 million), in 2000. A single comedy released after 2010, Crazy Rich Asiansis in this top 10 ($ 175 million). “The romantic comedy is dead. Very good.”, Rejoiced the Washington Post In 2016. The funeral prayer was undoubtedly pronounced too early.
Abandoned in the dining room, this (not always) subtle mixture of humor and romance is nonetheless affected by the platforms. The imposed figures of romantic comedy have found refuge in recent years in the soap. With a more frank success, according to the number of projects launched. Netflix has multiplied them (Heartstopper,, Emily in Paris,, The Chronicle of Bridgerton), collecting critical hugs for its latest version of the genre, Nobody Wants This. The streaming giant had released heavy artillery, with stars of the 2000s series (Adrian Brody, seen in Newport Beach and Kristen Bell, in Veronica Mars) and a scenario still sounding like a punchline: a podcasteful falls in love with a rabbi.
Amazon Prime also tried the experience with the adaptation of a novel by Jenny Han, The summer I became pretty. Here too, the plot is on a post-it (the heart of a teenage girl balances between two brothers), and the series is worth thanks to the charm of her performers. On Disney +, we will remember Wedding Season (a variation on the theme of the thriller), and especially the jubilant RivalsAdaptation of a series of English erotic novels from the 1980s. In costume, espionage comedy or classic “Fuis-moi Je-te-suis” version: the Romcom is available in all genres, under all eras and in All languages. For the next Valentine’s Day, we recommend the Hispanizing version.