Age of Attraction Review: 100th Reality Dating Show is Terribly Tiring, Repetitive Slop

Age of Attraction Review: 40 singles ranging from 22-60 years old come together to find their perfect match without revealing their ages until they decide to commit.

The series has 9 episodes, each with a runtime of around 60 minutes.

Age of Attraction Review

Considering we live in a world where Love is Blind exists, Age of Attraction feels like an unnecessary and repetitive “social experiment” that wants to question whether love exists independently of age. Except all of these people see each other in the first episode, so they have a pretty good idea of the age range their partner is in before going to the Promise Room and dramatically revealing it to be met with gasps.

This 9-episode series features 40 (!!) singles from the ages of 22 to 60 who date each other without a care in the world. Interestingly, one half of the contestants might be old enough to be the other half’s parent, but, hey, who is anyone to judge someone’s preference? The dramatic revelations of one’s, however, is the crux of the story as we see them overcoming the problems that inherently exist in age-gap relationships and form something long-lasting and meaningful.

But, just like Love is Blind, which is on its 10th run this year, this series, too, has very little depth or actual discussions that might indicate the relationship going anywhere. I mean, sure, I guess it’s nice that they are trying to remove the taboo of age gap relationships, and it’s interesting to watch how couples with as big as 30-year age gaps are functioning, but there’s no depth to these people or their stories that will sell us their relationship in any meaningful way.

In continuation of that thought, I think it’s odd that people can so easily commit to another without knowing something as basic as age. I think age signifies which life stage one is in, and so not getting into that doesn’t feel genuine and feels scripted. Of course, Age of Attraction is scripted, but viewers don’t need to know that! Jokes aside, the huge cast of characters also usher in another problem – the storytelling is extremely uneven, showcasing some couples more than others for whatever reason.

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The overdramatic aspects are also quite annoying, provoking contestants to debate about their age gap or the social taboos that come with it. It’s a standard part of these Netflix reality shows, which makes them fall into the same-old repetitive trap and makes you roll your eyes instead of being invested in these people’s stories and journeys.

In a surprising twist though, hosts Natalie Joy and Nick Viall are oddly pleasant and it’s nice to watch them on-screen. Unfortunately, they are grossly underutilised and they are hardly ever there to guide the experiment. Instead, they pop up whenever the rules need to be explained and then never to be seen again.

Final Thoughts

These tired and tropey Netflix reality shows really need to take a long, hard look at the mirror and reinvent themselves in some ways. The streaming giant is simply regurgitating the same-old recipe in a different format, and it’s getting a bit old now. At least the Lacheys are not here.

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