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- 2013
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- BBC Two
- 2013
- TV-MA
- BBC Two
- 2013
- TV-MA
- BBC Two
- 2013
- TV-MA
- BBC Two
Peaky Blinders
6 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 12, 2013
77
8.7
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
77
81% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
77
81% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The beginning of the end of one of the great British TV drama achievements of recent years is as movingly intimate, cinematically ambitious and sweepingly epic as ever.
The series remains impeccably stylish, with exquisite sets, eye-catching costumes, and some pretty highfalutin dialogue for a story about uneducated criminals. Another strength of Peaky Blinders is that it's managed to stay fresh from one season to the next.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 889 User Ratings
8.7
92% Positive
816 Ratings
816 Ratings
3% Mixed
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
5% Negative
46 Ratings
46 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 889 User Ratings
8.7
92% Positive
816 Ratings
816 Ratings
3% Mixed
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
5% Negative
46 Ratings
46 Ratings
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Peaky Blinders’ array of complicated female characters has always been something that set the gangland drama apart, and both Rundle’s Ada and O’Keefe’s Lizzie get plenty of opportunities to shine as each wrestles with grief, rage, and the seemingly endless frustration of being forever bound to Tommy’s world. But the women are also given a chance to fully step into their own power in a way we haven’t really seen from either of them before.
For its varied cast Peaky has never been a true ensemble performance, but now the other characters feel like minor moons around the strange and terrifying planet Tommy.
The clothes horse from nowhere is back where we want him to be: in all kinds of trouble.
The formula is the same.
Peaky Blinders is literate (watch for the visual references to “L’Atalante” and Charon’s crossing) and sometimes great looking, with impressive evocations of hellish industrial sections of Birmingham that have a science-fiction feel. But for a sprawling soap opera that packs in Roma curses, shell shock, hash pipes, Chinatown prostitutes and gang members sporting the 1919 version of a half-shaved boy-band haircut, it doesn’t have quite enough juice.
Lot's of posturing as a grimey, gangland drama, but not much actual gangland drama. Mostly just long diatribes about whatever it means to "be a Shelby". Initially caught in the hype due to the huge production budget, I've watched several seasons and ultimately it's just a big disappointment. Sure there are some great performances (Tom Hardy, Kline) but such mediocre storytelling stifles them most of the time. There also aren't aby characters worth routing for which begs the question of why one would watch the show in the first place. Learn from my mistake and don't waste your time here.
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There are few things more cringe than a bunch of posh one percenters pretending to be working class. Cillian Murphy is a poof and has more experience servicing hard men than he does being a hard man in the streets.
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Production Company:
- Caryn Mandabach Productions
- Tiger Aspect Productions
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Initial Release Date: Sep 12, 2013
Number of seasons: 6 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Bafta TV Craft
• 3 Wins & 14 Nominations
Irish Film and Television Awards
• 4 Wins & 11 Nominations
Royal Television Society, UK
• 4 Wins & 9 Nominations
