Diary of a Gigolo

I can really watch anything and everything, from soap to thrillers and horror movies. This was supposed to be just one more tv show that it would be "ok" to watch. Story is good, interesting, you don't know who the killer is until the end (of course you can guess), the unfolding of events, a classic spanish tv show, but acting, so so so terrible!! According to the acting, one of the worst tv shows in recent times. I don't know is it worse leading actor or actress, maybe I would give her award for that if I have to decide, although the others are not much better either. I'm so disappointing because of that, a big waste of time in my life..

I gave it 5 stars to practice my Spanish (!), but where it was set is anyone's guess, there was no alluding to any city, so could have been Mexico, Argentina - certainly not Spain as you'll see when the story unfolds.

Once again, Netflix seem to love these novellas where the set design comprises a lot of concrete. The interrogation room was devoid of anything bar a table and concrete ! Modern directors also seem to loathe lighting for reasons peculiar to themselves. So the audience has to play a guessing game of what is actually happening. The same when anyone enters their own home - WHY isn't the first thing they do is switch on a light ???? No they all stumble around in the dark instead. We need realism in our movies not the fantasy of the director.

The storyline itself was good, but it was the depiction of the production team that ruined it. I didn't mind seeing unknown actors playing the characters, but being English there are few well known Spanish actors to me anyway.

I won't spoil the ending, but its not something I want to sit through again, and it will be interesting to see if there will be a Diary of a Gigolo Pt 2.

Pretty essential (and a bare minimum) when your show is about a gigolo, that the intimate scenes are electric, sensual and erotic.

That they are not.

Even the chemistry between the lead characters is def not there. That's partly a directors fault cause lacking chemistry can still be bettered by quality directing and editing.

Well, and so there's everything else about this show that's just poor quality: script, dialogues, storyline, editing.

It's just another cheap miss by Netflix. The priority nowadays seems to be making shows on a budget, and not striving for quality anymore.

Cause this is not quality. Sorry, to the actors.

What a terrible show! The overacting is too much! The lead character is as beautiful as he is a terrible actor... The lead actress is distracting with those huge implants and the cheap sex scenes are ridiculous... The supporting female character.. Julia.. Is as plain as can be... No emotion shown... Nothing saves this terrible show... Please skip it if you can.

Was hopeful that Adriana Barraza's performance would save the show... No... It doesn't... Her performance is again overacted and like a completely caricature.

Though the sets are appropriate to the story... The writing is terrible! Netflix needs to put quality first.

This series kept me engaged throughout every episode. They do a really good job of character build up, and the chemistry between Emmanuel and Julia was obvious throughout. All of the episodes move at a really good pace, nothing drags out too much and questions are answered in a timely fashion unlike other series, where it takes forever to get to answers and by the time you get there, you just don't even care about everything in the middle. This was not like that at all!

I love the fact that Victoria White's character had a natural beauty to her, she wasn't some eye candy like you see in female leads in many Latin American and Spanish productions. I'm an American, who watches a lot of Latin American in Spanish series and movies, mainly because American filmmakers and production companies just aren't putting out high quality content lately. This series was very very good IMO!

It's official they have canceled the series so we won't see a season two but they did for the most part wrap at the end so you might be left with 1 question - What is the outcome of the main characters following the last scene? BUT, it absolutely does not end in a cliffhanger.