What to devour on Netflix? Our journalists specializing in TV and cinema offer you some ideas from the well-stocked catalog of the platform.
Posted at 4:00 p.m.
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
Bridgerton
Not only the second chapter of Bridgerton on Netflix survives the sudden departure of Duke Simon (Regé-Jean Page), but it proves to be even more captivating and clever than the first. Yes, yes, sir. Fortepiano, promenade and petit point! With its diverse cast and modern take on the dusty codes of early 19th century aristocracy, Bridgerton is the illegitimate child of Downton Abbey and gossip girl. It’s TV candy. Treat yourself.
Hugo Dumas
BigBug
Like any film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, BigBug full of bountiful ideas. We also had a field day in the artistic direction department. Visually, BigBug impressed. Sometimes told in a tone that does not call for any subtlety, the story is perhaps a little less convincing, but it has the merit of echoing the small and large failings that make human beings what they are. Tomorrow like today.
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
jeen-yuhs: the Kanye West trilogy
Even though Kanye demanded to approve the final version of the project, we are delighted that the work focuses only on his career and not on his love and family life, already highly publicized. This documentary, with superb editing, allows us to better understand the origins of an artist with undeniable genius, incapable of not remembering that he was the first to consider himself brilliant.
Pascal LeBlanc