Harina

This is an amusing modern series from Mexico. It starts off quite promising but by the 4th episode, the story starts to falter and it really becomes absurd. The humor is satirical at times but becomes more slapstick towards the end. The sound is pretty terrible, and sometimes the background music prevents the actors voices from being heard. The comedy is really not very clever, but is more at the level of a poorly done American sitcom. Might have been better if they had taken more time to make the writing a bit more satirical. So, while it does have a promising start, it unfortunately runs out of steam at the end.

Maybe I was not expecting much, but "Harina" surprised me since the first minutes of episode one. I was familiar with the original sketch which originated the whole show, but did not imagine that I would get something so funny, yet touching and sometimes even scary! The writing of the show is amazing and way better than most that are produced in Latin America. Cast, photography, direction are top notch! If you like good TV, you will love this show!

Low expectations were what I had when the trailer first appeared. I wasn't even interested to watch it. I would roll my eyes at the premise itself, nothing look or sounded impressive to me. But damnnnnnnn! I wasn't expecting it to be sooo good.

It's a good Mexican police comedy series filled with genuine laughter, comical characters, and an above-the-par plot. You have comedy, action, good relationships, and emotion, which is the element that keeps the audience entertained aside from its narrative. With 8 episodes, Harina never stops with its steady pacing, putting the audience in an enjoyable ride from start until the end.

Lo and behold, you wouldn't expect how many twists they are in this. When you look back at it, it's amazing that all the twists don't come as a force, but rather it oozes naturally, making it a perfect fit to the whole story. Rounding up, Harina is definitely in my top 5 series of 2022. Waiting since now for a second season.

If there is one thing Harina taught me, it's to never judge a series by its trailer.

Normally the series taken from characters from the internet or youtube the sketches are very boring and bad, I think that here the writers did something very well done with excellent actors, highly recommended!!!

Great cast, kind of a good story. The best thing about this series are the satires about the Mexican police and topics such as violence, corruption, organized crime, drugs, and the culture clash between Mexico and the United States. I hope Harina doesn't last longer than it should.

Despite being a spin off of a backdoor sketch, backdoor is a mexican youtube channel, the plot has its own and somewhat original script, since most mexican comedy or mexican black comedy deal with the same thing and they repeat many famous phrases in their scripts.

Mexico has a good potential with its rich culture and its vast number of actors.