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Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
60
33% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
67% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Bannon is a talented lead, flashing charm and strength as well as he balances immediate assuredness (for those hard-to-escape scenarios) and long-view obliviousness (toward his own path in life). The show mimics his versatility, coming across as an exciting new chapter in Bruce Wayne’s growing televised saga. “Pennyworth” sounds like a bad idea, but Batman die-hards and casual fans should both soon discover how very good it is.
Juggling more adult fare, Heller manages to make Pennyworth a compelling modern drama but adds in a darker hint of comic book ink, never letting the tone tilt too much toward the outlandish or over-the-top, but also just unhinged enough to stand out.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 User Ratings
6.5
66% Positive
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8% Mixed
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26% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 User Ratings
6.5
66% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
8% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
26% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
Really enjoyed this, good plot, seemed to lose track a bit, but i the end pulled it together.
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SEASON 1
Clearly most comments are from non British individuals who are just out of diapers.
The show is superb in its' fusion of 60's London, SAS hegemony and dystopian backdrops. The characters are fantastic live cartoons who make you smile and laugh and cheer or boo.
Go with it and enjoy the ride.
PS. Lovely nod to Michael Caine
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SEASON 1
“Pennyworth” is kind of fascinating in that it looks good, the performances are solid, the design is strong … and I just never found a reason to care. Like so much modern TV, every episode is too long, and the slack pacing doesn't help an already slow writing sensibility. There's nothing overly wrong with "Pennyworth," except it never quite justifies its existence.
The stories are fairly thin, but the look of the show and the charisma of Bannon and some of the supporting players — notably the English singer Paloma Faith as Bet Sykes, a Raven Society enforcer who takes a quick dislike to both Alfred and Esme — cover for that for a while.
[Jack Bannon] is a charming, resourceful and alert performer, and his Alfred — with an aggressively pompadoured widow’s peak that embodies the nervous energy of a generation — is a consistently engaging presence at the center of the series. Bannon is well matched by Emma Corrin as Esme ... Rather than amplifying or enriching each other, the straight-ahead drama and the comic contrivances cancel each other out. It’s harder to take either one seriously in the presence of the other.
There’s simply no dynamic undercurrent propping up Pennyworth. That’s a problem considering that its surface-level action is standard-issue, all frantic chases through London’s misty streets, bouts of fisticuffs against generic ruffians, and subplots involving Alfred’s army mates Dave Boy (Ryan Fletcher), who’s a wild-and-crazy drunk, and Bazza (Hainsley Lloyd Bennett), who has no discernible personality traits. ... Unsurprisingly, the most engaging elements of Pennyworth are its bad guys.
The plot is wildly written, with huge swathes of time spent on things like Esmé’s acting career while almost none is devoted to fleshing out its strange world. That means we don’t get anything thrilling or complex enough to justify its weary, “troubled ex-military tries to adapt” narrative.
Like Gotham it has the same writer and features bizarre villains. It has more twists & turns than a mountain roads. You can never be certain what will happen next. If you liked Gotham you’ll enjoy following this. It’s deliciously dark. I bought EPIX just for this show. It’s that good.
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SEASON 1
I really don't get all the negative scores. This show is just excellent! The atmosphere and characters are amazing and I was really blown away by how good the first episode was. Just give it a go.
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SEASON 1
I still think this show can be entertaining the stopping after 4 episodes in the second season was stupid. Troll they stopped before the pandemic and the episodes you are now watching were also filmed before the pandemic. The problem you have those who have never seen the show are going to think Alfred is a **** and those who have seen all of the episodes are wondering was he always this big of and ass ? Did they forget who this guy becomes in his old age ? No one changes that dramatically over time. They can have him be tough and smart but having him be and ass to friends and women no they is just lazy and bad writing. One does not become a gentleman in his 60's and 70's if he wasn't one his whole life up to that and its not believable. I know this is all fiction but no woman in that time period walked around like Martha does it would not be accepted in the U.K. at that time. It would take years before that was even accepted in America all i am saying if you are going to take liberties make them believable stop worrying about being P/C That is why Game of Thrones was a hit they had powerful women but they wrote story lines that made them believable. They didn't do things just to be P/C because if they had the show would NOT have been a hit. I am hoping the writing gets better and the well there is no way to put it the pure stupidity of some of these storylines goes away and you could end up with a hit if not maybe one more season as the viewers drop the show will go off the air.
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SEASON 1
Great concept, but a failed execution. Alfred Pennyworth as a spy show like "The Man from U.N.C.L.E" could have been an awesome show on DC's streaming service but the plots are very generic and aren't really memorable as those type of shows.
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