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Made For Love
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 1, 2021
68
6.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
15 Reviews
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25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
68
75% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
25% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
I found the show cheekily bewitching, both sardonic and deeply deeply disturbing.
Made for Love is so dryly funny that it is almost brittle, but the tone reflects the loopy surreality of the post-present. ... A merciless takedown of the absurdities of ultra-capitalist tech futurism, embodied by the frail egos of its psychologically stunted robber barons.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 User Ratings
6.5
72% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
16% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
12% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 User Ratings
6.5
72% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
16% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
12% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Another dramedy with a sci fi twist. Some interesting plot ideas in a genre mash with sci fi 'chip in the brain' tech shenanigans. The almost comic panel comedy beats throughout change the pacing and feel into something that often borders on parody. It's well produced with a talented cast and decent soundtrack but sadly never quite succeeds in finding a distinct tone. Watchable but scrappy.
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Magnussen and Romano are fun, too, and the show does interesting things with depicting how terrible the world has gotten under the shadow of men like Byron (in one scene, Hazel walks past a wall with the graffiti message, “Every morning, I wake up on the wrong side of capitalism”). But Milioti is the main attraction.
Today, the story feels disappointingly familiar — but Milioti is worth hanging on for, even though the show may not be the partner that she, or we, deserve.
After four episodes, “Made for Love” is more “interesting” than “entertaining,” and I kept wishing it was more of the latter given its premise and ensemble.
From its disorienting opening onward, “Made For Love” struggles to maintain this balancing act enough that the [“in medias res”] gambit hardly seems worth it. ... The series benefits once it get untangled from the broader complications of What Technology Could Do To Humanity and focuses more on Hazel and the constant dread she faces at trying to outpace her abusive husband.
Once it gets past its not-at-all-veiled take downs of sociopath technocrats Musk, Jobs and Zuckerberg (Musk/Grimes being the leading one), it collapses under the weight of its own plot conveniences before seemingly rushing to a sadly unsatisfying conclusion. Doesn't seem willing to go far enough in any one direction to actually wring a strong story out of its straight from the headlines-adjacent setup.
Lives and dies on on the charm of Milioti (and, to a lesser extent, Romano). Still, worth a watch, especially as you can knock the whole season over in an evening.
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A woman (Crisin Milioti) is married to a tech billionaire (Billly Magnussen). Their seemingly perfect love plays out in a high-tech virtual-reality bubble. Her attempt to escape is thwarted by the brain implant that allows him to monitor her actions, vision and emotions. While some of the sci-fi elements offer cool concepts, the show quickly turns into a romance drama without much special. Ray Romano adds some personality as her father with his sex doll girlfriend. Only 3 episodes have dropped, but the high-concept promise will need some interesting developments to help this rise above its current uneven launch.
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Production Company:
- 3dot productions
- Paramount Television
Initial Release Date: Apr 1, 2021
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards
• 2 Nominations
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Monte-Carlo TV Festival
• 1 Nomination
