What are the must-watches on Netflix? Our journalists specialized in TV and cinema offer you some ideas taken from the well-stocked catalog of the platform.
Posted at 4:00 p.m.
far from the ring road
far from the ring road is what is nicknamed in the language of Shakespeare a buddy movie. Like Good Cop, Bad Copof From father to cop and other detective comedies that combine the masculine. Also born from the desire of the duo Omar Sy and Laurent Lafitte to work together again, 10 years after the success of the other side of the ring-road, this film holds especially thanks to their beautiful complicity. And the game of the two superstars manages to make us forget its clichés and its weaknesses.
Luc Boulanger
Heartstopping
The Charming British Miniseries Heartstopping Netflix, offered in English and French, shows a more tender and realistic facet of adolescence, that of emotions, questions, butterflies in the stomach and self-discovery. It’s written with finesse and carried by talented young actors who, unlike Euphoria Where Watatatoware not 15 years older than their characters.
Hugo Dumas
Selling Sunset 5
The best example of a perfect and paying villain is found in Selling Sunset (Sun to spare) from Netflix, the best real estate reality show in the universe, no kidding. In fact, it’s a frivolous docusoap nicely wrapped in a Tiffany box.
Hugo Dumas
Our Great National Parks
Series Our Great National Parks does not reinvent the genre: in the wake of National Geographic documentaries, it takes an attentive look at wildlife, visibly using all available technologies to observe animals up close, but also to offer bird’s-eye views breathtaking of the territories where they live. This is an informative series, but also very clearly a political gesture for former President Barack Obama, who underlines in each episode the importance of natural spaces in the fight against global warming.
Alexandre Vigneault
White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch
Director Alison Klayman exposes the discriminatory and racist hiring practices (mainly young muscular white men were sought) of the American company, which bombarded its clientele with hypersexualized advertisements. Watching the 90-minute feature film, we realize (with relief) that such a phenomenon could not happen again today, at a time when we talk a lot about inclusivity.
Marc-Andre Lemieux
Old Enough!
In Old Enough!, a Japanese reality show broadcast for a few weeks on Netflix, children aged 4, 3, even 2 years old go shopping alone for the first time. If the series has the power to make three turns in the blood of Western parents, it also leads to a reflection on the independence that we give (or not) to our children.
Valerie Simard
The Adam Project
In a good-natured tone, and always keeping in mind a desire for adventure, The Adam Project manages to strike a more sensitive chord. Obviously, no one will shout at the masterpiece, but for entertainment, The Adam Project fulfills the objective he has set himself, which is to please the whole family.
Marc-Andre Lussier
Is It Cake?
Sensing a good deal, Netflix decided to transform the internet phenomenon into a competition. And it is a success. Certainly, we did not need a season of 9 episodes of 40 minutes, because, after 2, we were satisfied. But because we’re greedy and we haven’t had indigestion yet, maybe we’ll take another bite…
Marc-Andre Lemieux
stay close
stay close does not rank in the sector of the major outstanding series of the small screen. It is quickly consumed, quickly forgotten. But sometimes, this type of miniseries satisfies a chilly weekend TV craving and does its job brilliantly. Like a big bag of chips. And like a big bag of Cape Cod flavored with salt and vinegar, it’s impossible to start stay close without seeing the bottom.
Hugo Dumas