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A Very English Scandal (TV Miniseries)

A Very English Scandal

2018

Stephen Frears

Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, Naomi Battrick, Andrew French ...

7.1

2,700

TV Series. Drama British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and is forced to stand trial in 1979.

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"Three hours is enough time for two great actors to craft performances whose collision (...) is some of the more edifying fun around."	POS
United States	Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"Tight, bright and brilliant (...) Winning, shocking and funny (...) Sublime"	POS
United Kingdom	Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"It is a drama as brutally funny, endlessly clever, justifiably confident as its protagonist (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Sean O'Grady The Independent	"Hugh Grant has given a Bafta-worthy performance as Jeremy Thorpe"	POS
United Kingdom	Jasper Rees Telegraph	"[Hugh Grant was] superbly attuned both to the story’s absurdities and to Thorpe’s cold hard hypocrisy, Grant’s performance was genuinely revelatory (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	James Jackson The Times	"Hugh Grant really has proved he’s getting better as he’s getting older (...) Sensational (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Steve O'Brien Digital Spy	"Russell T Davies has managed to capture both the tragedy and the farce of this most peculiar of political sex scandals."	POS

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