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  1. JimG
    Jun 23, 2007
    5
    Disappointing primarily because Spall has always been so dependable. Unfortunately, the role he is given here is johnny one-note: the weight of pierrepoint's conscience is there at the beginning at the end with no real dramatic build. The same can be same for the cinematography. No contrast is offered emotionally or visually.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

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  1. 70
    Like most television directors, Shergold is good with actors. Jowly, impassive and rigid with righteous dignity, Timothy Spall makes a wonderfully meticulous Pierrepoint.
  2. Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    80
    At once desperately grim and unnervingly gripping, providing an exacting sense of the detail and procedure that went into death by hanging.
  3. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    British actor Timothy Spall gives a shattering performance as Albert Pierrepoint.