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April 29, 2026
The House of the Spirits review
In some ways, this expansive Spanish language series improves on the Chilean family saga about a psychic girl and a military coup. But it mainly just feels old-fashioned and naive
TL;DR
- The series adapts Isabel Allende's novel 'The House of the Spirits,' focusing on three generations of women and the patriarch Esteban Trueba.
- It is filmed in Spanish in Chile and executive produced by Eva Longoria.
- The adaptation is considered more faithful to the book than a previous movie and offers more redemption to the character of Esteban Trueba.
- The review criticizes the series for its reliance on fantasy elements, coincidence, prophecy, and destiny, arguing that major events should happen organically through human agency.
- The series depicts the horrors of a fictionalized coup in Chile, led by a character embodying a violent dictatorship.
- Despite its strengths in depicting tyranny and its consequences for women, the show is described as old-fashioned and naive, particularly in its resolution.
- The narrative centers on Clara del Valle's psychic powers and her granddaughter Alba's discovery of her diaries, linking past and present family experiences.
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