The Montaners

From beginning to the end, it is plagued with bad acting, The Montaners seem too dishonest, every episode has a sub plot that makes it obvious the ture nature is self advertisement, without any real substance. Going back to the acting, I've looked up these people, having followed Ricardo for quite a long time, after seeing many alegations regarding his family on social media it was intrigued and decided to look the first 5 episodes... It is not worth it, It would seem that they agreed on a script (hopefuly because if they act in such a way in their day-to-day then they need help). The show seems like uncondimented rice, fake laughs and quite honestly fake 10 Stars reviews around here.

Going back to the details, It is cringy how Mr Ricardo interacts with the in-laws, it seems as if he was "adopting" and assimilating the in laws to extend the relatable narrative, although they are the definition of failed nepo babies, their individual career doesn't seem to hold a candle to their sponsor Ricardo. I wished to see the old Ricardo, the one that wrote so many big hits, that seemed to be genuine. Instead we got a preacher with an over-pushed Venezuelan accent, it seems like each passing year he becomes more "maracaucho" even though he hasn't been there in a decade or lived in Venezuela in about 2-3 decades.

To end the review the sons (and daughter) show little range of emotions, they seem to be managed completely by their parents, never fully showing who they are, if they are something at all.

I did wanted to see Alejandro Montaner as I remember watching his career live and thinking, this is the man that will take the torch and go to the next level as a father-son musicians. Unfortunately it seems that this is "Some of The Montaners " and not The Montaners (unless the other guy is excommunicated).

The montaners attempt to present themselves as a straightforward recounting of events that have occurred, the bad production of the series gives the impression that they are being deceptive by misleading editing it seams that ricardo and marlene are constantly coaching eva mau and ricky on what to say and how to behave.

The plot is weird and a general feeling of re-staging scenes for the cameras gives the show a tough feeling to swallow. I think this show is not for anyone other than their existing 'hardcore' fans, it was odd and uneasy, specially when paired with the family's incestuous attitude on social media.

Stay off, don't let your young girls watch this show, it is not real.

I've followed Ricardo for a very long time and was excited about this opportunity to get an insider look at his growing family but this is not good. Clearly Marlene runs the show, she's dominant and has no qualms on speaking her mind. Ricardo seems like a different person, I don't know if it's the Christianity or just something else but this one seems lost and out of touch. The children are all spoiled untalented brats that think they are the last Coca Cola in the world. The daughter seems like a total diva and her husband wanna be singer is missing personality. The other kids, you can tell that they also lack the down to earthness of their dad or that he used to have. Everyone seems so high maintenance, don't think they are even trying to act, it's just how they are. I don't like the part of pushing the Christianity to everyone and everybody, not all of us are believers. I was trying to watch with an open mind but clearly this was made just for a good pay day.

The first chapter shows an unrealistic view of the montaners, the show belongs to a different era of the early 2010s when the family was still somewhat a mistery. It has really poor acting, the settings and interviews only make it worse, with many contradicting views of the world, this show isn't really worth a second look, much less it being a show (Mr Montaner should have written a book or have done an interview instead).

Not sure why the plot surrounding the "family" is being pushed as research shows the "juniors" have been attempting to make a crack to the music industry for more than a decade with little to show for, I have to note the great charisma of Mr. Montaner, despite not being able to act, the quality and caliber of his power of conviction and abilities to navigate and manage his family is undeniable, unfortunately the rest of the cast cannot say the same about his personal charisma with the exception of some moments of those added to the family.

There has been a lot of speculation regarding the family and its "cult-like" nature, after seeing this show, one can't deny there must be a grain of truth within the statement.

I question whether many of the negative reviewers went into this already disliking the family & wanting to find content to criticize. I have always been a huge fan of Camilo, Mau y Ricky, Evaluna's music, & followed the family for some time. I was worried going into it that it would be cringey, but it ended up being very heartwarming to see that the values they individually often speak about, family, love, faith, etc. Are all shown in this series - I think maybe some people are just very uncomfortable with the idea that an objectively successful family can truly also be of good character. Yes it is a show so who ever really knows what people are like, but it certainly shed a consistent & positive light on them all. And in terms of acting... I think it's fair to say they carried themselves for what it was, a reality show about their lives & family. The people who are being so critical about this might not be viewing it from this perspective.