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- PBS
- Nov 30, 2023
- PBS
- Nov 30, 2023
Summary Over 16 years, Alice (Andrea Riseborough) and Jack (Domhnall Gleeson) are brought together even as Jack married Lynn (Aisling Bea) and started a family in this six-part series written by Victor Levin. [Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 14 February 2024 and in the US as a part of PBS's Masterpiece on 17 March 2024]
- PBS
- Nov 30, 2023
- PBS
- Nov 30, 2023
Summary Over 16 years, Alice (Andrea Riseborough) and Jack (Domhnall Gleeson) are brought together even as Jack married Lynn (Aisling Bea) and started a family in this six-part series written by Victor Levin. [Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 14 February 2024 and in the US as a part of PBS's Masterpiece on 17 March 2024]
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
54
27% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
64% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It's wonderfully written stuff from the show's creator, Victor Levin ("Mad About You," "Mad Men"), electric and quasi-screwball and makes you want to stick around yourself—even if you think the comparatively stable Jack should be heading for Hampstead Heath. Navigating the obstacles, they fall in love, profoundly and convincingly.
Alice & Jack sometimes feels like one of the most interesting love stories we’ve seen in ages, and at others it’s infuriatingly annoying. But Gleeson and Riseborough have undeniable chemistry, which is enough for us to want to see this decade-and-a-half romance play out.
The show may present itself as though it's an anti-romantic story, but in actual fact it's hyper-romantic, to the extent that it borders on the absurd. We're never given a clear reason why these two love each other, what it is about their personalities they each find so entrancing.
Asks the excellent Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson to sell a variety of plot points that strain credibility to preposterous lengths. Despite a few genuinely touching moments, it’s far too daft to enchant.
It manages to be preposterous and deathly at the same time. The dialogue is pretentious. The last five minutes are completely stupid. The only bright spots are the two supporting performances, from Aimee Lou Wood as Maya, Alice’s capable assistant, and Sunil Patel as Paul, Jack’s colleague.
The star-crossed lovers of Alice & Jack, however, stay leaden, never becoming gold.
Clunkiness extends to every person stuck in the toxic orbit of their will-they-won’t-they. If the series accomplishes anything, it captures the sensation of romantic tunnel vision convincingly enough, though that could be by accident; the supporting cast surrounding the leads is stock generated from Romance Mad Libs.
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