Love Island review: New bunch of contestants are just as dull as last year's
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Love Island is the most unreal of “reality” television, a place where body hair is unknown, bunions are anathema, and, god forbid, haemorrhoids constitute a capital offence. On first impressions, this bunch will be just as dull as last year’s, the only discernible difference now being that, in the words of the producers’ Tweet: “Attention zombies! Funnily enough, in their introductory spiels I distinctly heard Amy rule out “bevs” who have a “wandering eye”, shortly followed by Anton, oddly, confessing to “never having been loyal “There’s a medical condition that I have… a wandering eye!” Wandering eye? Love Island has all the superficial trappings of glamour – fancy villa, cocktails, Range Rover Evoque convertibles – but I’ve seen more class on Canvey Island.