Nov 6, 20222 min read

The Rehearsal: Nothing Ever Works Out as Expected

Updated: Feb 11, 2023

Reviews by:

@the_owlseyes

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You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

Dr. Seuss

PLOT

"Nathan Fielder gives people a chance to rehearse for their own lives in a world where nothing ever works out as expected" or "The Truman Show in real life"

SCRIPT

There is a script but the script is the point of the show. Nathan has script for every situation, where he has a different output for every different imput. It's a meditation over the theme of fate and self-agency, over control and emotions.

It's a deep show who doesn't pretend to be more, because this series is also about that.

I think that this is the most meta-ish series I've ever seen after Rick & Morty.

You will ask yourself what is real and what is not.

The terms 'lie' will also be put in discussion because nothing is as it appears.

Script: 10/10

ACTING

This is a show about acting and living. It isn't about being good actors and such, it's about investigating the way acting in real life can improve or create issue.

This series is meta, to a point where it's hard to understand if Nathan and the other actors are lost in their characters, like it happen to him, or not.

It's scary and wonderful at the same time.

Acting: 8/10

PHOTOGRAPHY

It's stale and it doesn't add anything to the show. Colors and lights are just there, with no meaning or texture.

Photography: 5/10

EDITING

This series does a ot of justaxposition between the rehearsed piece and the real piece to understand how different or how close those are. It would seem irrelevant but it adds a lot of depth especially in the first episode.

Editing: 7/10

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Most of it is practical and only the mirror are CGI but it's impressive. He managed to build perfect replicas of real places without the use of green screen or stuff like that.

Usually I don't give high valuations with series which lack the presence of CGI but here I will go higher because everything is there for a reason. Every detail and object exists there because he needs it to.

Special Effects: 8/10

SOUNDTRACK

There isn't an actual soundtrack and there's no need for it. The show stands on itself easily without an accompaniment.

Soundtrack: 6/10

COSTUMES

You would say that this show doesn't bring anything new because everyone wear normal clothes. But this is exactly the point. There's a maniacal attention to details, especially in costumes, which are meant to be as faithful as possible to the real people.

There is even a scene where Nathan asks where a woman has bought her maglione because he needs to embody her to perfection.

Costumes: 8/10

CONCLUSION