From Germany and Netflix comes Kitz. This German teen drama series created by Nikolaus Schulz-Dornburg and Vitus Reinbold. Seeking revenge on the girl she blames for her brother's death, a Kitzbühel waitress infiltrates the glitzy world of a group of wealthy Munich teens.
The series stars Sofie Eifertinger, Bless Amada, Valerie Huber, Zoran Pingel, Ben Felipe, Krista Tcherneva, Felix Mayr, Florence Kasumba as Regine Forsell, Souhaila Amade, Tatjana Alexander, Andreas Pietschmann, and Johannes Zeiler. The show boasts an ensemble cast that looks like an Abercrombie & Fitch ad come to life, which means the students may appear wholesome in their expensive clothes, but each also exudes the erotic appeal of a magazine centerfold. I must admit that I didn't really buy Lisi and Dominik's infatuation with each other, but their storyline definitely made the show way more interesting (and 10 times hotter). Plus, the actors' intense chemistry made up for any logic leaps. Yet despite this relative paucity of what one might traditionally consider sympathetic characters, the show pulls off one hell of a trick in the writer's room. It makes you care about everyone. Lisi's character growth over the six episodes shines the brightest and surprisingly has me rooting for her towards the end.
It's twisty and sexy, teeming with clandestine crimes and clandestine rendezvous, but the show is also genuinely interested in the psyche of the ambitious teen-ager. The show is not pushing new boundaries in television. In spite of that - or more likely because of it! - its commitment to breakneck melodrama is undeniably enjoyable. The show, full of nuance in its discussions about class, privilege, and sexuality, doesn't have to be relegated to yet another guilty pleasure. Just, please: Watch it with subtitles. This new German series is excessive, yes, but it is well directed and has such a great technical approach as well as being very, very entertaining. We're intrigued with the love vs. personal mission story angle of the show, but we're wondering if that's going to be buried under an avalanche of privileged teens acting badly. Naturalistic and gripping, this German import transcends the cliché it could have been and becomes something more unusual: a teen drama that actually feels like it could be telling a true story. Discovering who really killed Lisi's brother is only one of many insane moments in a season full of twists and deceit and people professing their love while wearing a harness. It's sexy, salacious and utterly ridiculous - but six episodes in, the show has pulled off the surprising feat of keeping its central characters grounded in reality. And that's what makes it such a compelling show. The show is deliciously trashy and gloriously glossy. The show straddles the line between being an all-out soap opera about unruly sexual desires and a socially conscious, nail-biting thriller about wealth inequality. Nevertheless, an overly familiar setup and some terribly leaden dialogue notwithstanding, there's potential in the show. There's a sense of escalating despair and a believable degree of chaos that begins to erupt once the secrets start to spill out.
Simon says Kitz receives:
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