{"id":8980,"date":"2020-06-16T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/love-victor-review-poor-execution-hinders-love-simon-sequel\/"},"modified":"2020-06-16T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T15:00:00","slug":"love-victor-review-poor-execution-hinders-love-simon-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/love-victor-review-poor-execution-hinders-love-simon-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"#Love, Victor Review: Poor Execution Hinders Love, Simon Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Love, Victor Review: Poor Execution Hinders Love, Simon Sequel<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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When Love, Simon arrived in movie theaters in 2018, it was a resounding success with a timely story that was bursting at the seams with heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead of pushing forward with a sequel starring Nick Robinson, the franchise is adapting to the streaming world with a new series<\/a> focusing on a new teenager named Victor, who, much like Simon, is struggling with his sexuality.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the series adaptation fails to capitalize on what made the movie and novel such a success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Victor’s story is understandably different fro Simon’s, but the character comes across as one-dimensional for much of the ten-episode opening season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At times, the series feels like it is throwing too many teen drama tropes on to the screen at the one time to take it seriously.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Michael Cimino is solid as Victor, but it’s difficult to care much for a character who doesn’t feel like the star of the show. By the time the final episode arrives, we haven’t learned much about Victor, our titular character.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That’s problematic for many reasons.<\/p>\n

For a series that is supposed to follow a teenager coming out, Victor spends most of the season in a heterosexual relationship. I’m all for slow burns, but the series moves the plot along at an alarmingly slow pace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Victor faces an uphill battle the moment he arrives in Creekwood. He’s the new kid in town, but there isn’t much of a struggle for him to fit in. That was the biggest surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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An adversary introduced for him, but that storyline never reaches its potential. Instead, the series zeroes in on the relationships of all the characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s unfortunate that Victor feels like a recurring player in the show that he is supposed to lead, but that’s about where I’m at with his journey by the end of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sure, there are the typical teen drama bumps in the road, but the writers fail to strike a balance between comedy and drama.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One minute, the series feels like it is a coming of age drama, and the next it comes across as a Disney Channel comedy. There is no in-between, and it’s jarring to watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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There is also forced dialogue that thrown in that will not have any correlation with the teens of today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Love, Victor was initially in the works at Disney , but much like High Fidelity, it was pushed to Hulu because of supposed adult content.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some outlets were comparing it to Euphoria, and that could not be further from the truth. The series never strays from the General<\/a> Audiences side of things into the Parental Guidance, which makes me wonder why Disney thought the series would be a better fit for Hulu.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the heart of Love, Victor is Victor’s family, and that’s actually where most of the drama stems from.<\/p>\n

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Ana Ortiz and James Martinez play Victor’s parents, who have moved their family across the country for undisclosed reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is a lot of family drama, and Ortiz and Martinez’s characters feel much more developed by the end of the first season than Victor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They are struggling to get acclimated to a new city, while simultaneously making sure their children are well looked after.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Isabella Ferreira emerges from the get-go as the strongest in the young cast. She plays Victor’s younger sister, Pilar, a teenager who is less than thrilled about the move to a new state.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n It’s easy to connect with her character. She’s leaving her friends, boyfriend, and everything she loved behind, while Victor seems very passive about the move.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rachel Naomi Hilson is another standout in the cast as Mia. It’s evident there is a lot of story there for the character to grow in the second season. Again, she is better fleshed out than our lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That’s not to say Victor is a bad character, it’s merely the way in which we’re introduced to him, and the way we’re supposed to believe the way he goes about things that causes problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Love, Victor does feel like a spiritual successor to the movie, but that’s about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n If Hulu does officially order a second season, the writers will be able to make some changes to resolve the issues that plague the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As things stand, Love, Victor does not hold a candle to its predecessor. What could have been a coming-of-age teen drama in similar vein to the movie, I’m left feeling like the series was a cash grab.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While there are flaws, the show’s central messages will resonate with the audience, but it’s difficult to discount the flaws in favor of the negatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is a good show in there somewhere, but it will all come down to the changes that will be made for a sophomore run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Victor should be at the wheel and not left on the periphery because we should be witnessing the struggles he faces as a teenager trying to navigate a life that is new to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Will you give the series a chance?<\/p>\n

Love, Victor launches in the U.S. on Hulu Wednesday, June 17.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Dailly<\/b> is the Associate Editor for TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n

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