Anyway.2: I watched it, he amazed me (critic)

Kyan Khojandi resuscitates the big newspaper pastille in a new hybrid format, just as sparkling as at the time, but certainly more mothers on the bottom. In short, it’s strong!

In 2011, Brief landed on Canal+ like a slap. Two minutes chrono to capture the absurdity of everyday life, with a punchy voice-over, a nervous montage and an implacable accuracy on the life of a thirty-year-old lost between his Tafs, her friends and various existential crises. Thirteen years later, the time changed and Kyan Khojandi with. SO, Brief Season 2 Could it exist without betraying its DNA? The answer is a big yes, but not in the expected way.

Goodbye the pastilles to devour on the go, make way for six thirty -minute episodes. A radical change? Not that much. Because if the shape evolves, the essence remains. short.2 – Who goes out on Disney + Friday (yes, not on Canal +) – is always this kaleidoscope of thoughts, ideas that fuse and moments when banality turns to absurd comedy. But this time, the atmosphere is less when you get rid of it. Where Brief Captured carelessness, this suite examines the weight of choices and regrets. Because the hero has not really advanced. He turns in a loop, trapped in a daily life that is repeated: a break, a roommate, a depression, a rotten job … He would like to grow, but does not get there. And that’s where the series is right.

Tinged with a furious melancholy

Khojandi and his team were able to adapt the concept to the ringing and stumbling quarantine. If Brief was this mirror of the thirties uncertain, a reflection on the friendship, love and absurdity of everyday life, short.2 Go beyond this immediacy to autopsy the choices that we make-or that we avoid making. An even more existential series, very relevant in its way of putting life under a microscope, very exhilarating also on the form.

This Brief 2025 is more posed, but just as biting. He mixes comedy of situation and newspaper writing, to create an amazing hybrid rhythm. Taking advantage of this new format, the staging plays over time, slows down where it would have been dark, gives way to silences, doubts. Humor is still there (especially in the first episodes), but tinged with a fierce melancholy (in the last episodes a lot). short.2,, It’s a bit like finding a very good college friend. He has aged, inevitably, but alchemy is still there, the valves are still slamming, even if they now have a background of nostalgia.

An incredible guest stars list

Briefhe grew up, but he has lost none of his impetuosity. Especially since around Kyan Khojandithe series bomb the torso with a spectacular crowd of guests. Of Laura Felpin has Jean-Paul Rouve Or Doria Tillierpassing by Alexandre Astier,, Orelsan or Jonathan Coheneach appearance adds a touch of freshness and surprise. These luxury guests enrich the universe of the series, each bringing their grain of madness to a mastered narrative puzzle.

Some purists may regret the side ultra-cut of the original. But this evolution was necessary. Thirteen years later, redo Brief Identical would certainly have given a dusty remake. Brief When you mature without losing anything from the sparkling enthusiasm of his youth. Both renaissance and continuity, Brief comes back in great shape. Briefthis is excellent news.

In short, season 2, in 6 episodes of 30 minutes to see on Disney Plus February 14