In English, the line is changed to “I don’t think so” and the result is no comedic punch line and a change in pacing for the scene. She bluntly replies no and there’s a slight pause. Early on Elsa asks her friends a question, expecting an empathetic reply. While the original French was always going to be the better choice of audio, the English dub not only noticeably over-acts lines, it also embellishes needlessly on the script, with one example destroying the punch line to a joke. I did mention it earlier but the English Dub in The Hook-Up Plan is bad.
This, coupled with the quirky group of characters who take center stage, make The Hook-Up Plan a much better show than it perhaps has any right of being. In many ways it’s the main reason the show works as well as it does. There’s more than a little hint of Bridget Jones in this show too Elsa’s hopeless encounters with love and her social grace of a water buffalo make her easy to empathise with. The final episode leaves things on a big cliffhanger too so those expecting a resolution to the tale may be somewhat disappointed given the hook of the series. Expect all your usual tropes to crop up here including uncomfortable truths, betrayal and the inevitable hook at the end that sees Elsa choose what man she wants as her options are suddenly presented to her. Only, Elsa and her male escort Jules end up hitting it off and what follows is a predictably charming tale of romance. Much to the disapproval of pregnant friend Anais. Hung up on her ex’s new girlfriend (who happens to be his fiancee), Elsa’s best friend Charlotte decides to hire a male escort to snap her friend out of the rut she’s going through. The story follows Elsa, a woman struggling to get over her ex following a messy break-up. While some may be turned off from the sheer amount of sex talk and the English dub is truly woeful, The Hook-Up Plan has enough in the bag to make it one of the better romantic comedy offerings on Netflix.
PUNCH LINE EPISODE 1 ENGLISH DUB FULL
The 8 episodes stick closely to the conventional format you’d expect in a full feature film but manage to inject enough humour and charm into the episodes to make for an enjoyable watch nonetheless. Netflix’s French original The Hook-Up Plan is basically a serialised romantic comedy.
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