The Lovers

 A quick, sparkling, unpredictable romantic comedy

 

Sky Original (©)

One of the latest TV series I watched is “The Lovers”. This is a Sky Original romantic comedy consisting of six episodes of 30 minutes each, and it’s definitely sparkling!

The story is that of the self-centred Seamus, an English television presenter, but of Irish origins, who during the recording of a TV show in Belfast is targeted by a group of local youths who want to beat him up and, while fleeing, ends up in the courtyard of Janet, a depressed cashier who at that very moment is about to kill herself.
Between the two, who are the opposite of each other (he is self-centred and vain; she is depressed, cynical and has a strong black humour), something happens.
Only that he is engaged to a famous actress (played by the very talented Alice Eve) and she, well, is hiding something.

Their story unfolds in six quick, explosive episodes that, with a frenetic pace, an alternation of bizarre situations and continuous changes of direction, will amaze you, make you laugh out loud, but sometimes also make you think, and in the end will leave you with a pleasant sense of satisfaction.

The credit for all this goes to a screenplay that knows how to mix irony and romance, without exaggerating in either aspect, with brilliant dialogues in which the two protagonists, perfectly played by Johnny Flynn and Roisin Gallagher, confront each other in a frank, at times rude and above all unpredictable manner, thus revealing themselves to each other and to the audience.
It all takes place in a context where right and wrong are suspended, leaving room for the most raw and hilarious sincerity.

Absolutely worth watching!