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Luther (TV Series)

TV Shows from the 2010s

Luther

2010

Neil Cross (Creator), Brian Kirk ...

Idris Elba, Warren Brown, Ruth Wilson, Saskia Reeves ...

7.3

8,491

TV Series. Thriller. Drama TV Series (2010-2019). 5 Seasons. 20 Episodes. The show follows the character of John Luther, a highly talented murder detective whose brilliant mind cannot always save him from the strength of his passions.

	Author	Review
United States	Matt Roush TV Guide	"Fast-paced, constantly surprising and darkly entertaining, 'Luther' is about as far as you can get from a cookie-cutter procedural"	POS
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"The series commands our attention because of how it was conceived by Neil Cross, who continues to write masterful scripts"	POS
United Kingdom	Euan Ferguson The Guardian	"Idris Elba as DCI John Luther was the only thing that saved 'Luther' (BBC1), in the end. Please, soon, can we have a crime drama that eschews the clichés?"	NEU
United States	Mary McNamara Los Angeles Times	"There’s nothing here that we haven’t seen before (...) but it’s rendered with such depth and complex humanity to make the old seem new again."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Sutcliffe The Independent	"You might suspect that Luther is more a loose constellation of cop-show clichés than a fully formed character, but Elba brings the clichés to life on more than one occasion"	NEU
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"The first episode of 'Luther' has plenty to recommend it, starting with the back-and-forth between Luther and Alice"	POS
United Kingdom	Serena Davies Telegraph	"Unfairly perhaps, Elba had to produce something exceptional from 'Luther', a standard piece of writing, and (...) he hasn't"	NEG

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