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- Summary: The heir (Chris O'Dowd) to a perfume business begins an affair with a prostitute named Sugar (Romola Garai) in Victorian London in this British four-part adaptation of Michel Faber's novel.
- Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
- Show Type: Between Seasons
- Season 1 premiere date: Apr 6, 2011
- Episode Length: 60
- Air Time: 11:55 PM
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80It's also a pungent, harrowing and thoroughly captivating entertainment, a welcome reminder of the power of the classic miniseries, which the networks have shunned for far too long.
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80O'Dowd and Garai are fascinating as they make their characters grow in opposite directions--he more steely, she more compassionate--over the course of the show.
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80There are a few revelations in this rich adaptation, concisely written for the screen by Lucinda Coxon.
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60Crimson Petal could lose an hour without sacrificing a single scene or word of dialogue, and it would still seem slow and moody.
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