AnaPat

Having grown up watching, and kinda hating, telenovelas, I usually avoid any drama that sounds like a traditional telenovela, but I decided to give Mine a try. It followed the tried-and-true formula for 1980s/1990s rich family telenovelas. It had everything one would expect:
- Illegitimate children
- Secret room
- Illicit affairs
- Depraved hobbies
- Fake pregnancies
- Fake deaths
- Spying housekeepers
- Big shoulder pads
- Cross-class romance
- Horseback riding
- Sibling rivalry/back stabbing
- Catfights
- Amnesia
- Murder
- Evil stepmother
- Alcohol dependence
- Fabulous shoes and purses
- And of course, a nun

The only thing missing was the evil twin brother/sister and the split personality disorder.

The acting was fantastic, and the story was engaging, but I could not get past the telenovela vibe.