The Serpent (TV Miniseries)

"An infuriating blueprint for how bad storytelling choices, bad accents and an opaque central performance can thwart even the most inherently gripping of yarns." 

"Fails to illuminate a dark crime story (...) One issue is the scrambled timeline, (...) Intercutting between crime and punishment makes an eight-hour series feel longer and diminishes the volume of story that it’s working with". 

"The series constantly fights against its potential with baffling structural decisions and a superficial understanding of its subject. (...) an incessant crosscutting chronologically that only muddles the piece's tone and momentum (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"[A] fascinating, exotic, lurid period-piece true-crime story about a suave, identity-switching serial killer who makes Tom Ripley seem like an amateur. (...) an effectively unsettling, fictionalized telling (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"It looks the part, and pulls the right strings, but, in the end, it left me a little cold (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"If you’re on the lookout for a new absorbing TV fix that boasts suspense and intrigue aplenty, then you’ve come to the right place (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)" 

"The pace is glacial (...) As a co-production between the BBC and Netflix, The Serpent has no shortage of expensive foreign shoots and period detail (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"