"The Millionaire Matchmaker" Review: She's Good At What She Does

If you’ve never watched “The Millionaire Matchmaker,” based on the title alone you might think it’s another cheesy dating show.

But to call anything about “Matchmaker” cheesy is to insult Patti Stanger’s life and livelihood. Patti is a professional matchmaker and she’s good at what she does—if you follow the rules.

And if you don’t? Bad for you, but seriously entertaining for us…

In the premiere, Patti has her hands full with two clients: Brett, an entrepreneur who seems to have trouble staying in one place, and David, who introduces himself as one of the hottest guys on the planet AND who has a painting of Madonna kissing Britney Spears in his living room.

You can’t make this stuff up people…

So, as Patti says, she has to “tweak” these guys and I don’t think I have to tell you that David needs A LOT of tweaking…

And that’s where the show can be really fun. In the tweaking process we see not only the mistakes these guys make, but also the mistakes we women make when it comes to them. And watching Patti’s trained eye match these people up can sometimes be almost scary. As I said, she’s good at what she does and in the process the show can be quite insightful.

But first and foremost, reality TV is about entertainment and “Matchmaker” is pretty entertaining. Patti is as no nonsense as they come, which we learn pretty emphatically when we get an update on Paul, Patti’s client from last season that proposed to a woman on the first date.

Patti calls it “tough love.” You’ll call it the kind of advice you’d wish you’d gotten at some point in your life. And since Patti is adding women to her client list this season, there will be plenty of tough love to go around…

And for those of us watching, that’s a good thing…

“The Millionaire Matchmaker” premieres Thursday, February 12th at 10 p.m. on Bravo…

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