South Beach

This is a low budget, direct to Hulu series, featuring no high profile actors, shot on a relatively inexpensive video camera (with pro quality lenses), and the result is worth watching. The title is "South Beach", so naturally the whole series takes place in downtown Miami. I don't recall any beach scenes. But it doesn't matter. The series is advertised as being centered around a rivalry between two record labels. Not really, at least in these first six brief "episodes". But that doesn't matter either.

You do have quite a few nods to Fox's Empire, like a big party to launch a music video release, family members plotting against each other, etc. But South Beach is more telenovela than big network nighttime soap opera, and that's a good thing. Ana Villafañe as an on-the-rise singer keeps the show centered with her appealing performance. The plotting is all over a well-worn map. But the combined two hour running time of "Season One" goes by quickly in a generally entertaining fashion. The season concludes in true telenovela style with a rushed, plot-thickening montage that ends in an unresolved cliffhanger, exactly what I expected.

Go in anticipating some rough edges, a few scenes here and there that could have used another take to get stronger line readings or emotion from the actors, story elements that don't quite fall into place, shots that don't cut together seamlessly within a scene. All are perfectly acceptable on a limited budget project like this, but as a viewer you may notice these things. Good for you. Look for them when you watch your favorite network shows and you will find them.

Again, this is a brief and entertaining Season One that makes a strong case for continuing the story with a Season Two.

This is beyond bad.

Everyone associated with this should be ashamed of themselves.

There's something to be said about product that is unintentionally camp (see: The Valley Of The Dolls) which can grow a significant fan base -- but then there's the yin to that yang -- and that's the category where this show clearly falls into. I don't quite know where EMPIRE sits on that scale; I have a sneaking suspicion the people responsible for that show actually *think* it's quality programming. At least the acting and the technical specs on EMPIRE have a sense of well being. This show is a complete mess. Was this a web series that people watch and responded to in a capacity where the powers that be felt it should be something put on a streaming service other than crapfest.TV? (that's not a real streaming site, I am just trying to prove a point)

The direction, the writing and the acting is all (for the most part) atrocious. Hopefully this won't take up too much bandwidth in the hulu stratosphere.

note: Maybe I am completely wrong and this will grow into a cult phenomenon -- but I would' t bet on it.

I'm a little bit confused. This series got only 6 episodes ? Why ? This makes no sense. I watched it, because of Jacqueline MacInnes Wood. I know her from The Bold and the Beautiful and since her first day on screen in this show, I love her. So I thought this new series is a good thing to see her in an other role. I read the storyline and thought, this sounds interesting. But in 20 minutes per episode you can not tell the whole story. Now I'm frustrated. There was not enough action. The last episode was the best. I got the feeling, now we will see the really interesting things. Unfortunately not. Just when it will get very good and exciting, the show is over. Sorry, but this is not good.

I had so many hopes for this show and was really excited to see where the story goes, but now I have to say I'm really disappointed. This was not what I've expected. Too bad.

I personally love this show! I think it is amazing! Manny Montana is my favorite actor. That's actually what got my interested in the show! This is my favorite show! I wish the episodes were longer and that there where more. I hope you make another season. I would love to see more. I wouldn't change a thing about it. I think a lot of people would love this show if they would give it a chance. So go to Putlocker.is and type in South Beach, and that's where you can find it. I guarantee you will love it. I gave it ten stars because the acting is excellent. I would give it a 100 stars if I could. So make sure you go to check it out.