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The English (TV Miniseries)

The English

2022

Hugo Blick

Emily Blunt, Chaske Spencer, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Hughes ...

6.9

2,048

TV Series. Western. Drama 6 Episodes. Wealthy English woman Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt) arrives in the United States in 1890 with a bag of cash, hell-bent on killing the man responsible for the death of her child. She’s thrown together in unlikely circumstances with Pawnee scout Eli Whipp, recently discharged from the army and trying to make his way home.

	Media	Author	Review
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"Hugo Blick's new series hinges (so far) on the deeply compelling pairing of Blunt and Chaske Spencer (...) [An] excitingly ambitious drama of frontier violence (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Maggie Lovitt Collider	"There is a lot to love in this six-episode limited series, but it does ultimately leave you wanting more (...) [It] resonates with its gritty, lived-in atmosphere, and it never loses sight of the humanity at the heart of this tragic tale."
		Niv M. Sultan Slant	"A Striking but Jumbled Western Melodrama (...) [It] succumbs to its own romanticism (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Hanna Ines Flint IGN	"Chaske Spencer and Emily Blunt make a charismatic pairing in this violently charged and romance-infused period revenge epic. The first two episodes astutely marry Western tradition with a modern twist"
		Joel Golby The Guardian	"Emily Blunt’s incredible western leaves every other cowboy show eating its dust"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"Blunt is fantastic, as are many of her co-stars (...) But despite a seemingly straightforward revenge plot, its storytelling frequently turns too complicated for its own good."
		Emma Fraser The Playlist	"Blick’s intertwined story of the brutality and redemptive possibilities of the American West nearing the turn of the century is a gripping and memorable adventure"
		M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"Not for the faint of heart (....) While tackling themes of the genocide of Indigenous people and regrettable treatment of women, Blick tries to offer the anti-Western (...) (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Shane Ryan Paste Magazine	"[It] does not quite thrive, but where it fails, it fails in intriguing way"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Like the characters it profiles, ['The English'] deserves a chance at happiness and to carve out some of the landscape for itself (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Boyd Hilton Empire	"A massively ambitious and original take on the Western genre confirming the extraordinary writing and directing skills of Hugo Blick, while showcasing one of Emily Blunt's greatest performances yet (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kyle Fowle TV Guide	"A revisionist Western that may scratch a specific itch while never really turning into the bolder show it aims to be"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"A sharply written, largely entertaining, and extremely violent romance (...) Blick's latest story finds consistent success by astutely acknowledging the ferocity ingrained in America's identity all along"
		Alex Maidy JoBlo	"This is definitely a great showcase for Hugo Blick as a director as it is for all of the acting talent involved. 'The English' is a great story in one of the most iconic genres of all time"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Big ideas, big vistas, big performances, somewhat convoluted execution"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"An engrossing but gruesome Western (...) With so much bloodshed and so many haunting images, 'The English' isn't for the faint of heart, but it packs a stylized punch (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Danielle Ryan SlashFilm	"Its performances, dialogue, and cinematography make it a must-see for anyone who likes their westerns a bit more bleak and bloody"
		Saloni Gajjar AV Club	"There are hints of an in-depth, poignant tale hidden within 'The English'. But the show so explicitly wants to establish its Western atmosphere that the plot becomes an afterthought"
		Thelma Adams The Wrap	"Until I watched all six episodes of Amazon Prime Video’s overstuffed limited series 'The English', I believed I’d follow Emily Blunt just about anywhere. As it turns out, maybe not to the American West circa 1890"
		Josh Bell CBR	"[It] attempts to make big, meaningful statements about the West, but in doing so, it loses sight of what makes a good Western"

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