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- Amazon FreeVee
- Nov 19, 2023
- Amazon FreeVee
- Nov 19, 2023
Summary Samuel (Paterson Joseph) and Janet (Daisy Haggard) decide to try to sell the cocaine found on a shipwrecked boat but soon find themselves running from the police and gangsters in this thriller from Jack and Harry Williams. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 19 Nov 2023 and in the US on Amazon Freevee on 12 Mar 2024]
- Amazon FreeVee
- Nov 19, 2023
- Amazon FreeVee
- Nov 19, 2023
Summary Samuel (Paterson Joseph) and Janet (Daisy Haggard) decide to try to sell the cocaine found on a shipwrecked boat but soon find themselves running from the police and gangsters in this thriller from Jack and Harry Williams. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 19 Nov 2023 and in the US on Amazon Freevee on 12 Mar 2024]
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
74
40% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
60% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Boat Story juggles a perilous number of balls, but keeps them aloft without showing any strain. It’s a triumph of sense, sensibility and style. I love it.
The clever-cleverness is diverting, but to stick with it you’ll need to give a fig. Paterson and Haggard (whose character has for no relevant reason lost her hand in an industrial accident) are blessedly likeable: every time someone threatens to waste them, you cross fingers for their preservation. Meanwhile, much effort is made to humanise the villains.
Boat Story is too ambitious, too inconsistent, and too insincere; in the end, not unlike a beached craft loaded with both expensive drugs and murdered corpses, it’s never more than a mixed bag.
These two [Paterson Joseph and Daisy Haggard], rather than any stylistic flourishes, will remain the main reason to continue watching the remaining five episodes.
It is a clever idea, evidenced by the quality of the cast willing to be in it. But it misses something in the execution. It is almost as if it is too clever, trying too hard to be kooky.
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