Albatros (TV Series 2020) Poster

(2020)

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8/10
Original Belgian serie
frankyvertriest19 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Overall: I recommend this show. Definitly worth watching

Positive: Strong actors: unbelievably good cast. Story was amazing: the characters all have different problems and backgrounds which led to the obesity. Obesity itself is a subject that is barely used in the television world, so a brilliant and bold choice to tell this story. Some viewers immediatly said: 'why would I want to watch a show about fat people?' Well: those people were more realistic and recognisable than in most other shows.

In the beginning it was unclear who the main charcter was, but it is Bart: his storyline ran through the entire serie and was an original hero to zero story.

Minuses: * Same cliché Flemish construction: We go to the Ardennes and the series ends with a folk festival. * The actors were from every part of the country, so you had a big mix of dialects and languages for a small group. This made feel the entire camp artificial..
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5/10
Not enough
born_naughty4 December 2021
Albatros does a good job of portraying the mental struggles of the people involved and a somewhat decent job of showing the physical struggles. However, the therapeutical environment is poor and at times almost insulting. The therapists are incompetent. As someone who shares some of these struggles and been through many types of therapy and camps in Belgium I can say this show is not good enough.
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