The consensus on Fantasmas is strongly positive, with all seven reviews praising Julio Torres’ imaginative approach to television comedy. Praise centres on the sketch-like structure, theatrical world-building and digressive mini-films, which critics find inventive without losing sight of the pressures facing the characters. The reviews also value the sharpness beneath the whimsy: absurd situations carry pointed observations about capitalism, artistic work and the demand to turn identity into something that can be sold.
The differences are chiefly in enthusiasm rather than in any fundamental objection to the series. Variety admires the immigration themes and Hollywood satire but finds some repetition of Torres’ earlier work, while Paste notes that the jokes do not always land, even when the visual style holds its appeal. Across the reviews, the reservations remain limited: critics broadly agree that the peculiar humour and ambitious storytelling sustain the series, though some embrace its eccentricities more wholeheartedly than others.