gaever-60669 Review of The Manny

The Manny (2023– )

Some fun and chemistry wrapped in over exaggerated work tropes

[4/10 · 4 January 2024]

Full disclosure: I stopped watching after episode four's juvenile all-around tone followed by the dumb ending. There is stuff to like about The Manny when it's not showing Jimena at work. Jimena is mostly a solid and complex character. Good chemistry between the leads and among the children. The interaction between Gabriel and the children works. Same with the school and home interactions with the two oldest. Show has a penchant for older female/younger male relationships. But work is ridiculous; an over the top boy's club that I hope is, at least, usually more subtle. Virtually all of the adult male characters, with the usual exception of Gabriel, are caricatures of real people. En masse, nobody acts the way they do. At least not all the time. Pleasant moments overpowered by sheer stupidity.