Oh God this series turned out ridiculous.. The more seasons come out the more characters become annoying. All of the good characters and actors left/were written out of the show, obviously they can't be high school students forever.. always the same situation and the same problems, someone always has to die..
and their acting skills are literally funny
I rated the first two season 8, but after s4 and s5 I've modified 5-6
You know, people should know when to stop something.
468 Reviews
Guilty Pleasure
harishanifgala-325-49475320 June 2021
S1 to S3 were great but S4 is a major letdown. It seems the characters suffer from amnesia because they keep repeating the same mistakes followed by illogical actions which follow such mistakes. Like I for one couldn't understand how characters just betray, forgive and forget so easily only to repeat this cycle countless times. "It was just sex" the characters make the relationships sound so insignificant with this dialogue and to top it all this statement does work as an excuse. All in all it was fine initially but now it's gotten on my nerves how stupid the characters of this show are.
Started amazingly but became rocky from the fourth season
exceladeogun24 November 2022
Season 6
There's been a noticeable decline in this series from the fourth season, and season 6 isn't any different. It's a series that has genuinely overstayed its welcome, and this is very evident as none of the original cast is present in this season. The jaded plot stumbles and pirouettes with no flair, and tries to make up for it with more dancing, drinking and substance taking. Many societal issues are raised, but their executions are perfunctory and superficial.
The twist to the season's whodunit was well-done and the season's ending is a frustrating but clever cliffhanger, promising that more harm is coming to Las Encinas. With season seven on the way, I hope they can return with the charm the first three seasons delivered and come up with a satisfying end to the series.
There's been a noticeable decline in this series from the fourth season, and season 6 isn't any different. It's a series that has genuinely overstayed its welcome, and this is very evident as none of the original cast is present in this season. The jaded plot stumbles and pirouettes with no flair, and tries to make up for it with more dancing, drinking and substance taking. Many societal issues are raised, but their executions are perfunctory and superficial.
The twist to the season's whodunit was well-done and the season's ending is a frustrating but clever cliffhanger, promising that more harm is coming to Las Encinas. With season seven on the way, I hope they can return with the charm the first three seasons delivered and come up with a satisfying end to the series.
Really impressed
giorgiddd6 October 2018
I've already finished; the series premiered this morning.
I think that it's really interesting drama, with many intrigues.,interesting characters (you may recognize people from your life), beautiful scenes. Actors are really beautiful and talented - generally young people acting so professionally. Story itself is really provocative, once you start, you can't stop, that's how I finished it in less than 24 hours and I am already hoping that there will be season 2.
I have to say that they have used some really good songs.
Well, I think it's a nict show to watch.
Thank you Netflix !
I have to say that they have used some really good songs.
Well, I think it's a nict show to watch.
Thank you Netflix !
Disappointing
angybrieva20 June 2021
Season 1 and 2 have a great story behind and you get hooked up to the show. Drama, love and thriller embodies every single episode.
Season 3 lost the magic. It seemed that they just wanted to produce, just to produce and feed the hungry consumers. Somehow season 4 removed the last bit of hope there was, for the serie to come back up.
Season 3 lost the magic. It seemed that they just wanted to produce, just to produce and feed the hungry consumers. Somehow season 4 removed the last bit of hope there was, for the serie to come back up.
Give us more European teen shows like this, please!
nina_fairfax8 October 2018
Good acting. Beautiful setting. Some cliché tropes that are actually used in an original way, and some twist and turns I definitely did not see coming. The characters are believable, they have depth and weaknesses and aren't adults doing adult things while telling the viewer they really are sixteen (unlike shows like Gossip Girl). I loved the European groundedness of it, there's a realism to this show American teen shows never seem to possess. I've been surprised plenty of times, I'd definetely recommend, also for the older viewer who likes a good murder mystery.
Well done!
reycarlab7 October 2018
Honestly I loved it! The acting is amazing compared to other teen series of sort of the same genre like Riverdale, Pretty little liars and Gossip Girl,wich we all know the acting is puke worthy. What I didn't like was how they expect us to see all of these "teens" with overly active sexual lifestyles that not even an adult could keep up with,I get it they're young and wild but it's just not believable. Other than that totally would recommend.
Spanish Gossip Girl Whodunit
abbykern6 October 2018
Solidly entertaining for what it is. Think every tenn show you've ever seen and add a dash of the Affair or How To Get Away With Murder. It's melodrama through and through. Pretty teens. Uncaring families. Poor little rich girls and boys. Even poorer poor kids. Nobody is happy in this world. Somebody winds up dead. Somebody's going to jail. You find somebody to love you'd better hang on tooth and nail. The wolf is always at the door.
It deals with some real issues: notably Islamaphobia and the repressive nature of fundamentalism, coming out of the closet, open relationships and threesomes, HIV and the seeming impossibility of reinventing yourself in highschool. All hormones, no autonomy. Such is life.
Well worth a binge watch if you're stuck inside on a rainy day. You won't find yourself transfixed but you will want to know what happens next. The writing felt a little stale but of course translations and voiceovers don't always capture the rhythm of the original dialogue. Still something tells me the writer isn't Spain's answer to Shondre Rhimes or Aaron Sorkin.
It deals with some real issues: notably Islamaphobia and the repressive nature of fundamentalism, coming out of the closet, open relationships and threesomes, HIV and the seeming impossibility of reinventing yourself in highschool. All hormones, no autonomy. Such is life.
Well worth a binge watch if you're stuck inside on a rainy day. You won't find yourself transfixed but you will want to know what happens next. The writing felt a little stale but of course translations and voiceovers don't always capture the rhythm of the original dialogue. Still something tells me the writer isn't Spain's answer to Shondre Rhimes or Aaron Sorkin.
Started entertaining but became a soulless sex show
ultra-taya15 April 2022
The series began interesting but after the first season it became more and more a soft porn. The story was over so they tried to catch up the viewers by nudity and sex- sex sells. This makes me mad because I really enjoyed the first season. It had social criticism, generation conflicts, gender related discussions, racism etc. During the time all of these topics disappeared. Elite could be such an amazing show but they ruined it.
I love this show and the characters so much, so so much.
ognjenlukic9615 March 2020
Season 3 is the absolute best so far, so many moments where I was genuinely surprised and speachless, and everything is so smartly done, you get so involved with the chatacters and love them with time, really one of the best shows of this type I watched !
What happened to the writers?
azizmalhas6 July 2021
Season 1 & 2 were great and all characters were great and lovable.
Season 3 wasn't as good but still, it had some great moments to it and didn't drift away from the purpose.
Season 4. I was like what? Is this another show with the same actors? Were the writers out of ideas and just wanted a sequel? And what's with the barrage of unnecessary s!x scenes ? There was no chemistry whatsoever with the new characters.
Major Let down really.
I hope that by some miracle they manage to revive the series in season 5.
Thanks.
Season 3 wasn't as good but still, it had some great moments to it and didn't drift away from the purpose.
Season 4. I was like what? Is this another show with the same actors? Were the writers out of ideas and just wanted a sequel? And what's with the barrage of unnecessary s!x scenes ? There was no chemistry whatsoever with the new characters.
Major Let down really.
I hope that by some miracle they manage to revive the series in season 5.
Thanks.
Very slick.
Sleepin_Dragon11 October 2018
Elite is a very well made drama series, the production values are incredibly slick, and the acting is truly great. If you're able to watch it in its native language with subtitles I would advise it, as the English dubbing really doesn't work, it becomes a very distracting watch, same as with The Rain. The first episode is great, it does get a little slow for a few episodes, but then picks up very nicely. It's a binge watch I really enjoed. 8/10
Although fun at times, this show is incredibly over-dramatic, unrealistic and superficial. Emotional moments have very low stakes and are forgotton within mere seconds.
Imme-van-Gorp9 January 2022
Season One: 6.5/10
Themes: Drama, High School, Crime, Relationships, Lgbtq+, Islam, HIV, Suspense, Privilege, Murder, Sexuality, Mystery, Love Triangles & Spanish.
Top three characters: 1) Ander Muñoz, 2) Carla Rosón Caleruega and 3) Omar Shanaa.
Themes: Drama, High School, Crime, Relationships, Lgbtq+, Islam, HIV, Suspense, Privilege, Murder, Sexuality, Mystery, Love Triangles & Spanish.
Top three characters: 1) Ander Muñoz, 2) Carla Rosón Caleruega and 3) Omar Shanaa.
Loved it!!!
pulidovillaverdesusana10 October 2018
Good Enough
PennyReviews21 September 2020
First Season : pretty good.
The story was build up smoothly, adding more suspense as the mystery was being unfolded, with a solid soundtrack, nice performances and the air of gossip girl.
Second Season : Okay
Not bad, but not as good as the first one. Nice addition of new characters and smooth character development.
Third Season : Try hard
Boring and like a bad version of the first season. Tried hard to shock and make things scandalous and edgy, but did not succeed.
Amazing
purplemeteor17 March 2020
Season 6 review:Far Worse than the OG(1-3)far better than the other 2(4 and 6
Giannis250419 November 2022
You know what you about to see when you start this series...Its a guilty pleasure,you WON'T see emmy award performances or screenplay but you cant denie that the first 3 seasons was a decent 7 7,5 show... Interesting characters decent screenplay with quite good suspense and basically something completely knew that broke all taboo of todays sexual orientation...Its for anyone,HELL NO...Is it some time TOO MUCH...Oh HELL YES..But as i said season 1-3 was decent...I dont want to speak about season 4-5 because all they did is wanted to bring some taboos that dont even exist just to shock the viewer...And thats what makes season 6 be at the decent seasons...There is no over the top relationships and surprisingly none of the relationships of this season irritated..At least not as much as the previous 2 seasons relationships did...I dont know whats next for Elite but after the ending and the apparent departures that the ending of the season hinted im not so curious to know.
Everything went downhill after season 3
zokinus_10 April 2022
I absolutely loved the first 3 seasons of the show. Season 4 was already a disappointment and season 5 is an even bigger mess in my opinion.
Everything is just way over the top. The characters have no real depth and are annoying too and the storylines, which aren't even executed well, are beyond ridiculous.
Also, what's with the sex scenes? I'm always here for intimate scenes but there's something sexual going on every 10 minutes which is so unnecessary. Sometimes less is more.
This is not the Élite i've come to enjoy anymore.
Everything is just way over the top. The characters have no real depth and are annoying too and the storylines, which aren't even executed well, are beyond ridiculous.
Also, what's with the sex scenes? I'm always here for intimate scenes but there's something sexual going on every 10 minutes which is so unnecessary. Sometimes less is more.
This is not the Élite i've come to enjoy anymore.
its similar to riverdale but better.
nandabello17 April 2020
Seasons 1-3 excellent! Then stop watching
finleyharry19 January 2023
Look how they killed my boy 😭. The cast & storyline for seasons 1-3 are just great. I loved the show until they released season 4... it just goes so downhill. I'd recommend anyone to watch the first 3 seasons. It's not worth it after that. The cast changes & the story changes.
There's not a whole lot more to say than that. I guess I'll try fill out the character count for a bit longer.
Oh yeah, the whole plot of seasons 1-3 is really good and it is a genuinely engrossing mystery. And once the characters work out who carried out the murder, it's perfectly frustrating to watch them be unable to prove it. Loved it.
There's not a whole lot more to say than that. I guess I'll try fill out the character count for a bit longer.
Oh yeah, the whole plot of seasons 1-3 is really good and it is a genuinely engrossing mystery. And once the characters work out who carried out the murder, it's perfectly frustrating to watch them be unable to prove it. Loved it.
Very Addicting
jaredxtian13 April 2020
I watched Season 3 a week after it was released and I had to go back to episodes from season 1 and 2 to refresh my memory of some of the characters. After finishing season 3 in an 8 hour marathon, I was so impressed that I started all over again beginning with season 1. I just finished season 3 again and I researched to find out whether it is renewed for another season. Happy to find out it is renewed for 2 more seasons! This teen whodunnit mystery serial is my new guilty pleasure.
Ludicrous but watchable tosh
laduqesa26 June 2021
I've seen all four seasons. It's pure escapism and I enjoyed it. It is not true to life - no set of people could be so wicked.
Just some impressions. The majority of the frocks are the most dreadful I have seen. The snazzy clothes worn by the lads are equally ghastly. The women playing lesbians were clearly not up for the job - the kisses and embraces were obviously fake. However, the guys playing gays brought verisimilitude to their roles and looked like they were true to life - they were kissing properly and what appeared to be passionately, unlike the female actresses. I have never seen so many hunky lads and attractive women in a series. Surely not all rich people are beautiful? Even the parents were stunners for the most part.
I assume there will be a season five. I shall certainly watch it.
Just some impressions. The majority of the frocks are the most dreadful I have seen. The snazzy clothes worn by the lads are equally ghastly. The women playing lesbians were clearly not up for the job - the kisses and embraces were obviously fake. However, the guys playing gays brought verisimilitude to their roles and looked like they were true to life - they were kissing properly and what appeared to be passionately, unlike the female actresses. I have never seen so many hunky lads and attractive women in a series. Surely not all rich people are beautiful? Even the parents were stunners for the most part.
I assume there will be a season five. I shall certainly watch it.
Great TV Series for School/College going people
sun-2780829 March 2020
English Language
Nice and simple plot with a lot of turns, twists, accidents, coverups and all. Kept guessing about characters till the end. Very close to reality (No one is a perfect person), Every character in this has a good and bad version of themselves. There is a suspence of whose are the lead characters. Its a story of how do three (3) underprivelleged kids mould themselves with rich kids. Plot is pretty straight, would have been better with a little suspense involved.
Nice and simple plot with a lot of turns, twists, accidents, coverups and all. Kept guessing about characters till the end. Very close to reality (No one is a perfect person), Every character in this has a good and bad version of themselves. There is a suspence of whose are the lead characters. Its a story of how do three (3) underprivelleged kids mould themselves with rich kids. Plot is pretty straight, would have been better with a little suspense involved.
Seasons just seem to be getting worse
casualcrash-3591529 November 2022
Season 1-3 i guess were probably the best, but it's just getting worse from there.
Seasons 1-3 have a good story with characters which you like and are interested to see what happens next. However the more the show progresses, the more they keep cutting the original cast and bringing in new people with a similar plot which is just getting boring and is poorly acted. Just a classic case of a TV show releasing too many seasons
Especially this latest season (6) , which is by far the worse season.
I Hope they can some how do a better job on season 7 but this show should of stopped way earlier...
Seasons 1-3 have a good story with characters which you like and are interested to see what happens next. However the more the show progresses, the more they keep cutting the original cast and bringing in new people with a similar plot which is just getting boring and is poorly acted. Just a classic case of a TV show releasing too many seasons
Especially this latest season (6) , which is by far the worse season.
I Hope they can some how do a better job on season 7 but this show should of stopped way earlier...
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