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This show is colourful with bags of energy, but ultimately the jokes have been done a thousand times - to better effect - and it's just not that funny.

Some scenes stretch out for what feels like an eternity and you wonder if they kept the cameras rolling until someone in production laughed and then yelled cut.

The only characters with potential are the cousin and her boyfriend whose interactions are amusing, but still not comical enough to call this a successful comedy.

The saving grace is that each episode is less than 25 minutes, so you don't waste too much time deciding if it's worth continuing through the series. I gave up at episode 6.

Netflix has done it again and made a carbon copy of Alpha Males.

First they tried a French remake, which didn't hit the mark and now they're trying a Dutch version.

If you haven't heard of Alpha Males, its a Spanish comedy about 4 men in their 40s, struggling with modern masculinity. They explore a seminar that aims to teach them how to better themselves. Roosters is a remake, set in the Netherlands rather than Madrid and would potentially be good on its own merit, but having seen Alpha Males, Roosters is not worth watching.

Search for Alpha Males - its funnier, lighter, more engaging and the characters are likeable.

This is a carbon copy of another show on Netflix called Alpha Males. However Alpha Males is based in Madrid and the characters are more likeable, funnier and entertaining.

Maybe the backdrop of sunny Madrid versus the mirky Paris gloom lends more to the satirical premise which allows Alpha Males to shine (pun intended)

Both shows are about 4 middle aged male friends with differing relationship statuses with their women. They attend a class on toxic masculinity with the aim to make themselves better men.

Alpha Males strives to explore genuine gender topics of discussion in a comedic yet entertaining style. However Shafted doesn't seem to explore any gender bias with real conviction and your left with a not very funny comedy.

If you've already watched Alpha Males this will be a distinct disappointment.