The great South Korean director Bong Joon Ho once promised English speakers that an amazing world of cinema would open up to those who could “overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles”. Non Swedish speakers may not be amazed by Making It in Marbella, but they will be entertained by the regularity with which the cast pepper their native language with English swears and superlatives.
Aside from the foreign language element, Making It in Marbella sticks to the tried and tested reality TV format that netted Netflix seven successful seasons of Selling Sunset. Estate agents with plumped-up faces and blinding white veneers tour bonkers-yet-bland homes while stabbing each other in the back.
