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The Serpent (TV Miniseries)

The Serpent

2021

Hans Herbots, Tom Shankland

Tahar Rahim, Jenna Coleman, Ellie Bamber, Billy Howle ...

6.8

5,929

TV Series. Thriller 8 Episodes. Story of con-man and mass-murderer, Charles Sobhraj (Tahar Rahim), who is discovered and trailed by a young embassy official in mid-70's southeast Asia. Posing as a gem dealer, Charles Sobhraj and his girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman) travelled across Thailand, Nepal and India in 1975 and 1976, carrying out a spree of crimes on the Asian 'Hippie Trail,' becoming the chief suspects in a series of murders of ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"It looks the part, and pulls the right strings, but, in the end, it left me a little cold (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Sabrina Barr Metro	"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)"
		Ed Cumming The Independent	"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)"
		Nancy Durrant London Evening Standard	"This twisty, turny thriller would be almost unbelievable if it weren’t all entirely true"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"An infuriating blueprint for how bad storytelling choices, bad accents and an opaque central performance can thwart even the most inherently gripping of yarns."
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"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".
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"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)"
		Flora Carr Radio Times	"The set-up is all there, but (...) it feels like the BBC isn’t quite sure what to do with their title character (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"[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)"

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