‘Perfect Match’ Review: Netflix’s Latest Reality Experiment Might Actually Be Perfect
thewrap.comNetflix might have hit the jackpot with its latest reality experiment, “Perfect Match.” The streamer took the casts of all of its reality hits — “Love Is Blind,” “The Ultimatum,” “Too Hot to Handle,” “The Mole,” “Selling Tampa,” “The Circle,” “Sexy Beasts” and “Twentysomethings” — and mixed them all together in an attractive combo of “Love Island,” “Bachelor in Paradise” and “Are You the One” that might actually improve on all three of those shows, depending on how the season plays out.
It’s the best dating show the streamer has put out so far, though it relies on the stupidity of those shows to succeed. “Perfect Match” couldn’t exist without “Love Is Blind,” but you don’t actually have to have made it through “Love Is Blind” to love “Perfect Match.”The premise, unlike most of Netflix’s dating show premises, is relatively simple.
The main cast includes five women and five men, all stars of other shows who did not end up finding true love. Each night, they pair off.
If they both agree to share a room, that’s a match. During the day, they hang out by the pool and participate in games designed to test their compatibility — think more risque “Newlywed Game” — and whichever couple wins gets a special date and the power to choose two other special dates.
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