Baby Reindeer – Keep the curtains up

Our rating: 9.2/10
Moment of the review: 05/05/2024 – 2 weeks after finishing the show

What is Baby Reindeer about

Donny is an aspiring stand-up comedian trying his luck in London and working in a pub in Camden to make ends meet. We soon learn that he lives with his ex’s mother. A job he doesn’t life. A comedy career which doesn’t take off and an internal shame of his attraction for men and/or transpeople. It doesn’t look bright for Donny until a distressed Martha arrives in his pub and that’s when their twisted relationship starts between attraction, friendship and obsession … on and from both sides. 

Our review of Baby Reindeer

We would like to portray ourselves as experts of series and everything that is up around them but to be honest we heard about Baby Reindeer only because it became an acclaimed success. Being quite disappointed by some of the latest shows which joined our list of series we stopped watching so far in 2024, we hesitated before watching what seems to be Netflix’s next hit miniseries but went for it and absolutely don’t regret it because it is probably one of the best shows we saw so far this year.

Not throwing ourselves flowers but we liked the fact that earlier we described it as ‘relationship starts between attraction, friendship and obsession … on and from both sides’ because without revealing too much, we appreciated the complexity of the characters and decisions they are making and then undoing for better or for worst. It’s not a simple story of someone being harassed, it’s a story about human beings wanted to be seen and loved.

Of course, and like probably a lot of the viewers, we were impressed by the story but then our jaw dropped on the floor when we learned that the main actor was actually the person who the story happened to. It made the events even more horrible but somehow even more beautiful.

What the internet says

A very good 8/10 from imdb audience: 
« Possibly the toughest series I’ve ever watched, on so many levels – not least the fact that it’s based on a true story.»
«It’s rare I find myself feeling so antagonistic toward a character who has endured so much.»
«The characters, the actors and the storyline is by far some of the best television that I have seen in a long time.»

The miniseries has been categorised a ‘black comedy drama-thriller’

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