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McMafia (TV Series)

McMafia

2018

Hossein Amini (Creator), James Watkins (Creator) ...

James Norton, David Strathairn, Juliet Rylance, Aleksey Serebryakov ...

7.0

1,820

TV Series. Drama. Thriller TV Series (2018). 8 Episodes. Alex Godman, the English-raised son of Russian mafia exiles, has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of their past, building his own legitimate business and forging a life with his girlfriend Rebecca. But when a murder forces his family's past to return to threaten them, Alex is drawn into the criminal underworld and must confront his values to protect those he loves.

	Author	Review
United States	Sonia Saraiya Variety	"The most impressive element of 'McMafia' is just how fully realized it is (...) That a miniseries can create characters and environments that seem so tangibly real is an exceptional feat."	POS
United States	Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"Sturdy but slow (...) Intriguing but flawed (...) 'Where is all this going and should I really care?' is the question that plagues the series"	NEU
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"Bland but filling, it’s a breakfast sandwich sans any discernible flavor (...) It’s not good for you, but on the right day, it’ll get the job done."	NEU
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz Vulture	"As an information delivery device, it’s effective. I learned a lot from watching it. Unfortunately, as a crime drama, 'McMafia' is not hugely different from the bleak gangster epics that followed 'The Godfather'"	NEU
United Kingdom	Huw Fullerton Radio Times	"An unflinchingly accurate story of VERY organised crime (...) If audiences do stick with it, though, 'McMafia' is a rewarding (...) watch"	POS
United States	Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times	"What's difficult is caring what happens to most of these characters for any amount of time (...) There is something undeniably appealing in Alex's nearly unflappable sangfroid"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"While there are strong moments in this globetrotting international series, it plays like a retread of earlier mob tales"	NEU
United States	Melanie McFarland Salon	"It’s a well-made series with a movie star lead, that nevertheless feels overly complicated and slow"	NEU

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