Penelope tv series

"It’s enormously clear that something special is unfolding throughout the show’s premiere, and to say it’s only the beginning would as a tremendous understatement" 

"As they both stumble to explain themselves to one another, Eslyn’s sweet script blooms" 

"The last installment or two are rushed and raise more of those better-left-unasked questions than the rest of the show was engineered to sustain. I don’t need another season of 'Penelope', but one episode more or fewer might have been ideal" 

"The ideas and conversations happening are basic, elemental questions about the human condition, and few shows like it explore them with such emotional rawness (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"The kind of twee indie drama that gives such things a bad name, existing entirely to be one of those fancy critical darlings rather than to be a compelling or original story on its own terms (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)" 

"Penelope offers us all the dream of walking into the warm woods and not looking back." 

"Moving at a snail’s pace with very little dialogue, 'Penelope' would have been more evocative if it had been structured into a short film"