Longford: Season 1
  • Network: Channel 4
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 26, 2006
  • Season #: 1
User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8

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  1. JackC
    Feb 18, 2007
    2
    Clunker of an expositional script plus stodgily "sensitive" direction seemingly designed to appeal to professional focus group goers equals a deadly dull drama. Don't believe the hype about the performances, either. Broadbent's tics will make your head spin, Morton's her usual comatose self and Andy Serkis disastrously endows Ian Brady with something approaching an evil charisma. Don't waste your time on this one if you're looking for complexity.… Expand

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Metascore
88 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    75
    I said this is an old-school literary movie because it is a gallery of objective portraits, leaving the viewer to absorb narrative while pondering various parallels and themes.
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  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    90
    A masterful meditation on the nature and meaning of forgiveness.
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  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Gloria Goodale
    100
    Broadbent creates yet another slyly simple, yet deftly complex, portrait of the Catholic convert who translated his conviction that no person is beyond spiritual redemption into his work with the British penal system.
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