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- 2020
- TV-PG
- Netflix
- 2020
- TV-PG
- Netflix
Summary The drama series dramatizes the life of tejano star Selena Quintanilla (Christian Serratos).
Created By: Moisés Zamora
- 2020
- TV-PG
- Netflix
- 2020
- TV-PG
- Netflix
Selena: The Series
Season 1 Premiere: Dec 4, 2020
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Summary The drama series dramatizes the life of tejano star Selena Quintanilla (Christian Serratos).
Created By: Moisés Zamora
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
48
20% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
20% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
“Selena: The Series” covers a lot of ground and does it with empathy, authenticity, humor and just the right amount of pride.
All in all, Selena: The Series is pleasantly diverting, but it feels like a missed opportunity.
The series refuses to go beyond the surface and instead shifts the focus back to tracking her career milestones. Though a cultural icon, Selena was, after all, a human being, and it’s this that the series never seems to grasp for more than a few minutes.
Though the series offers a deeper exploration of the lives of Selena’s siblings, it still fails to take a new approach at retelling a retelling; much of the expository trajectory is identical to that of the film [1997's Selena]. What is presented in Part One feels rushed and crammed into nine episodes.
Unfortunately, creator Moisés Zamora squanders this opportunity to reintroduce Selena (played by Christian Serratos) to a new generation, both as a Chicana icon and an ambitious teen still searching for a sense of self. Even for a Netflix show, the narrative bloat is startlingly egregious.
Selena consistently skims the surface, landing occasionally on such shallow revelations as “I don’t always know who I am … until I am,” before skittering away again into shocking scenes like Now Her Hair Is Even Shorter. Selena is barely a character; her sister Suzette (Noemi Gonzalez) and her mother Marcella (Seidy López) are even less so.
Selena: The Series takes lazy writing to another level. ... It would be unfair to blame Serratos for the deficits of Selena: The Series; while her mere competence can’t save the show, even a Lopez-level performer would likely struggle to salvage such stiff dialogue, aimless plotting, flat characters and blah direction.
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Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
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Production Company:
- Campanario Entertainment
- Baja Studios
- Netflix
- Q Productions
Initial Release Date: Dec 4, 2020
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
Awards
Imagen Foundation Awards
• 1 Win & 12 Nominations
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination
Skyline Performer Awards
• 1 Nomination
