Platonic: Blue Moon Hotel Review
Director: Onur Bilgetay
Date Created: 2025-09-19 02:12
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Platonic: Blue Moon Hotel Review: The Turkish drama series (Platonik: Mavi Dolunay Otel) consists of eight episodes, each approximately 45 minutes in length. Directed by Onur Bilgetay and screenplay by Gupse Özay, who also plays a character as Gulten in the main cast, alongside Kerem Bürsin as Kaan, Öykü Karayel as Nedret, Mehmet Özgür, and Uğur Demirpehlivan, and a large list of supporting cast. Based at its centre at the Alaçatı-based family hotel, two sisters and their mother attempt to operate the business, only to find chaos erupting when an enigmatic businessman shows up.
Platonic: Blue Moon Hotel Review
First episode gets off to a great start. There is the mother, Mrs Nezahat, who works to make sure the hotel keeps going even after her husband died. Both of her daughters, Gülten and Nedret, are searching for love but in completely different ways. And then there is Kaan, who is a businessman with an agenda. He has his eyes set on the hotel, but rather than making a straightforward move, he impersonates a guest.
This would have been a funny romantic comedy, but Platonic: Blue Moon Hotel Series goes into strange places. Sibling rivalry for Kaan is the overarching theme, and that does give us some of our comedic points, but it does usurp the supernatural element that is tied to the “blue moon.” I believe personally that it lost the opportunity to bring together the humour and the mystery. Rather, it at times appeared to be two scripts sewn together.
What really kept me hooked were the performances. Gülsen Özay as Gülten imbues the role with vulnerability and humour, making her human despite her flaws. Öykü Karayel as Nedret, on the other hand, shows restlessness that makes her scenes engaging even when the writing is repetitive. And then there is Kerem Bürsin as Kaan. He plays the role with charm and arrogance, which is exactly how the character’s motivations play out.
Also adding to zest is the extras cast, although occasionally one felt that too many offbeat personalities were hired merely for the sake of creating background noise. Still, the cast should be commended for treating the material seriously even when the situation became obviously absurd.
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Being a Netflix Turkish drama Platonic: Blue Moon Hotel tries to be quirky with humour. I even caught myself laughing at certain moments, particularly with Kaan and the sisters’ exchange. The show does possess that town charm as nosy townspeople respond to every move of the stranger.
But occasionally the humour crosses the line. Some of the scenes become so over-the-top that instead of being funny, they are uncomfortable. The rivalry between the sisters, for example, jumps from playful humour to repellent too many times. Humour works for me when it comes naturally from the mouths of characters and not when it is forced or based on shock.
One of the more intriguing things suggested within Platonik: Mavi Dolunay Otel is that of the supernatural component, which is constructed around the blue moon, and if or how Kaan might be anything other than that of a businessman. Is he actually an alien? Is something other than normal happening in the town? Alas, such ideas are never explored.
Rather than integrating the mystery into the narrative, the supernatural was merely added to the equation afterwards, which was the greatest disappointment for me. The show could have been something fresh by combining romance, comedy, and fantasy, but it used too much slap-happy destruction and remixed love-triangle romance.
At the same time, the show is pleasant to watch. The Alaçatı hotel backdrop is lovely, and the vibrant use of costumes and whimsical background details make the show an enjoyable one to watch. The episodes also don’t linger for hours at a stretch, and plot points whizz by rapidly.
But rapid does not necessarily equate with clarity. I was repeatedly left wondering how the show expected me to react – was it humorous as comedy, humorous as romantic comedy, or genuinely enigmatic and occult? That uncertainty rode with me through much of the eight episodes.
Platonic Blue Moon Hotel Review: Summing Up
All in all, I did not really enjoy it, nor dislike it. It has good melodramatic acting, bright background, and genuinely funny moments. But I was disappointed by the uneven tone, poor supernatural material, and attempt at humour, grasping towards offence at the worst possible moments. Netflix’s Platonic: Blue Moon Hotel is a fun ride. But to me, as a person who enjoys equilibrium between plot and character depth, it is lacking. It is intermittently entertaining but not memorable over the long haul.
