Mu-Te-Luv: Not Your Father (2025)

Mu-Te-Luv: Not Your Father

Os próximos quatro episódios, Mu-Te-Luv: Not Your Father, foram simplesmente um caos delicioso. A história gira em torno de uma seita/culto secreto, que tá conquistando um monte de gente pela província, e a coisa só vai ficando mais maluca conforme tudo se desenrola. A Ploy, toda apaixonada pelo Phupha, resolve se juntar a ele nessa missão de infiltração pra tentar expor a família Chantharusati. Só que, claro, ela também tá indo com a esperança de se aproximar mais do Phu… e as coisas não saem nem um pouco como ela imaginava.

Lá dentro, ela conhece o maravilhoso Wutthikrai, e sim, eu me derreti um pouquinho, que na verdade é um policial disfarçado e acaba ajudando ela e o Phupha a fugir de lá. A ideia de ter um culto bizarro, com um “Pai” que se acha um deus, foi uma das melhores escolhas criativas até agora. E eu juro que não consegui levar ele 100% a sério porque, por algum motivo, achei ele a cara da blogueirinha kkkkk.

E aqui, uma pausa pra aplaudir: o Prem arrasou muito como Phupha. Ele começa como esse jovem ativista cheio de ideais e, aos poucos, vai enlouquecendo com toda a manipulação do culto. A atuação dele foi intensa, convincente e bem construída. Já o Nani… eu sou suspeita, né? Além de lindo, ele tava divertidíssimo como o policial atrapalhado com “magias” que nunca funcionavam, eu ri horrores com ele. E a Pern, então? A mulher tava incrível! A cena dela fingindo ser a mãe pra enganar o “Pai” foi simplesmente uma delícia de assistir.

Eu vi umas pessoas falando mal dessa parte, mas honestamente? Eu adorei. Fogem do clichêzinho padrão e abraçam a loucura de um jeito que funciona. Caótico, divertido e bem mais criativo do que eu esperava.

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Not my crush!

It's always great when you start a drama for one reason - and come out with a plethora of other likes. I'll just list them here because there was a lot to like about this.

1) The comedy - I started this for the comedy. I didn't have many expectations to be honest, keeping in mind both the trailer and Hi! By My Luck (the previous part of MuTeLuv) didn't quite have the kind and amount I expected respectively. But this one was actually good. Firstly, the entire cast brought the laughs, main or support. Second, the comedy didn't rely entirely on one type of comedy, they tried multiple genres and most of them worked!

2) The romance - I loved Parn and Nani in this. Don't know if it was the characters or the actors chemistry, whatever it was, they were a treat to watch on screen.

3) The characters - The great thing about comedy is that you can have several characters with varying personalities and have them all be funny. I especially loved how Wutkrai and Fay were written, four episodes is not a lot to have great characterization, but for four episodes, they did great. I wish Ploy and Phu had a bigger impact on me, but it happened in a different way than I thought it would..

.. finally. 4) The cast - I am impressed.
First with Parn. I've seen a bunch of her work, and she really brought some nuance and depth to her character that I very much appreciated.
Then Jaoying, I really liked her as Fay, the perfect mix of supportive friend and knock some sense into you onlooker. There was something about the character and her portrayal that made Fay so likeable.
I also thought Joke as Father was good - he was quite hilarious when it came to that.

Before I close out this section, my penultimate mention is Prem. Oh my sweet boy. His work on his last few previous shows had me convinced he could not act but he somehow proved me wrong here. You need a skill set to do comedy and he may have that! Again, his character didn't quite leave much of an impact on me, but I have a bit more hope now that with the right script and the right to move his face, he can bring something to the screen.

Finally - Nani! My gosh. He can do serious and comedy! His comedic timing was perfect, his character was written quirkily enough that you immediately like him and his soft and sweet side was on full display for four episodes. Plus the styling? Wow.

Of course there were a few things that I think could have been better. They weren't bad, per se, but they weren't exactly to my liking either. It's a me thing, so you may like them, but I'll just mention so all the information is in the review.

1) The story - now I didn't have much expectations from the story even going in, I just needed it to be coherent, which to their credit, it was. I just didn't like the way it flowed. Especially the last episode. It just felt like a Hail Mary they threw in to quickly wrap the story up, and while some of the plotlines were incredible (maybe not incredible, but they were good), a lot of them just didn't hit the right spots.

Not many negatives there I guess, so if you're looking for a fun, albeit slightly alarming plot, give this a try.

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