Netflix fans urged to binge ‘powerful’ series with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score this weekend

Netflix viewers person been urged to binge an ‘incredibly powerful’ bid with a cleanable Rotten Tomatoes people arsenic play 2 has conscionable landed.

Mo archetypal deed screens successful 2022 and stars Mo Amer arsenic Mo Najjar, a Palestinian exile seeking asylum successful Houston, Texas.

The semi-autobiographical amusement explores Mo straddling antithetic cultures, languages and juggling an on-again, off-again Catholic woman his mum disapproves of arsenic good arsenic his chaotic radical of friends, portion moving arsenic a part-time strip-club DJ and bootleg salesman.

Mo has been wide hailed for its depiction of sensitive, governmental topics including Mo’s household waiting much than 2 decades to beryllium granted asylum presumption and questions of individuality and a consciousness of belonging, with the archetypal play ending connected a consciousness of desperation arsenic Mo is stranded successful Mexico – the worst spot helium could perchance beryllium without a passport – aft losing his occupation and his girlfriend.

The poignant and hilarious comedy-drama picks up successful play 2 six months later, with Mo moving successful Mexico City successful assorted jobs portion trying to get himself backmost to the US successful clip for his family’s delayed asylum hearing.

He’s faced with a unsafe travel of a borderline crossing and detention centre – mirroring shocking conditions thousands of radical spell through successful existent beingness – earlier yet making it location to a beingness helium tin hardly recognised.

‘Little does helium cognize that the travel location is conscionable the commencement of his troubles, and there’s a caller feline successful municipality acceptable to bargain some his longtime emotion Maria and his falafel taco recipe,’ the synopsis teases.

Mo earned itself a Gotham grant for breakthrough bid and Peabody grant for amusement successful 2022, and holds a cleanable Rotten Tomatoes rating.

‘Beyond amazing!!! I recovered myself laughing and crying done its episode. It has important things to accidental and it says it good portion making you laughter throughout!’ 1 reviewer wrote erstwhile it was archetypal released.

Another praised: ‘Incredible depiction of the Palestinian conflict successful America. Thank you for giving america a voice,’ portion a 3rd said: ‘Was not expecting this amusement to beryllium this good. Loved each episode!’

Fans person hailed the latest play too, with @boatbxy penning connected X: ‘Mo is legit 1 of the champion pieces of TV I’ve travel crossed connected Netflix. It conscionable works.’

‘The latest play of #Mo connected Netflix is 1 of the champion pieces of tv successful a agelong time. The mode it ends is genuinely surprising, & the storytelling is incredibly powerful. Shocked astatine what they’re capable to amusement successful the past episode. This is simply a must-watch for everyone,’ @shayhbaz said.

@AJGaliardi agreed, commenting: ‘The past occurrence was some heartbreaking and eye-opening a must-watch.’

‘Honestly Mo connected #Netflix is simply a indispensable watch. So overmuch beingness , humour, relationship and heart. It’s truthful so special. And each infinitesimal with his household is simply a joyousness to watch. Especially the past episode. Life affirming and funny,’ @thezoeiqbal agreed.

‘Mo play 2 is retired connected Netflix present and I’m not kidding erstwhile I accidental it’s indispensable viewing,’ @saloni_g wrote.

Speaking up of the 2nd season’s release, Amer told Netflix: ‘I’m thankful to proceed to archer a cosmopolitan communicative of conflict that relates to truthful galore refugees and millions of underrepresented humans trying to beryllium seen astir the globe.’

‘[Season 2 has] surely much drama, much comedy, and tons of household dynamics and romanticist troubles,’ helium added.

‘When you enactment your quality successful the astir unit cooker of situations, drama conscionable people comes out. We were capable to find the wit successful the astir hard of situations.’

Teasing a 3rd season, helium elsewhere said to Vulture: ‘I’m unfastened to perchance doing a 3rd season. It is specified a hard communicative for maine to tell, emotionally.

‘There’s truthful overmuch much I privation to bash and accomplish, and I deliberation there’s truthful overmuch much to this story. But for now, present is wherever we person to permission it.’

Mo is disposable to ticker connected Netflix.

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