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The Accident

The Accident

4.0

A silly premise adds no weight to this over the top drama

TV Show

Italian, Spanish
Drama
2024

TLDR

Beware the flying bouncy house.

What it's about

A tragic accident at a children’s birthday party destroys the relationships of the families involved.

The take

The idea behind the accident itself, the reason this story exists, is hard to wrap your head around because it borders on silly—how do you get a missing girl from that? The way it’s filmed doesn’t help either, as for the most part, you can’t tell if the bouncy house is just tipping over or what. The show sells itself as really serious and melodramatic, and I’m sure it is, but the execution really gets in the way. There are other things to be infuriated about, as well, like the unnatural expository dialogue, and the jumping timelines in the first episode that seem like they didn’t even trust that they could hold your attention with the main storyline. And maybe their instincts were right.

What stands out

The premise itself. Nothing else could possibly stand out.

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