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- Netflix
- Feb 7, 2024
- Netflix
- Feb 7, 2024
Summary Eddie Horniman (Theo James) discovers his father's estate houses part of Bobby Glass' (Ray Winstone) illegal cannabis business in the series set in the same universe as Guy Ritchie's 2019 film of the same name.
Created By: Guy Ritchie
- Netflix
- Feb 7, 2024
- Netflix
- Feb 7, 2024
Summary Eddie Horniman (Theo James) discovers his father's estate houses part of Bobby Glass' (Ray Winstone) illegal cannabis business in the series set in the same universe as Guy Ritchie's 2019 film of the same name.
Created By: Guy Ritchie
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Generally Favorable
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
67
58% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
42% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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From the picturesque settings and costuming to the use of written on-screen text that helps the audience keep varied deals, people and schemes outlined, the show unfolds like a dazzling web of turmoil, keeping viewers sucked in over its eight episodes. Entertaining — with hijinks, plots and gory violence — “The Gentlemen” irons out the kinks that plagued its film predecessor.
Like most of Guy Ritchie’s material when he’s in caper and kooky criminals mode, The Gentlemen is a romp. Chippy, funny, stylish, cartoonishly violent, touched with mild absurdity.
Enjoyable, riproarious and surprisingly elegant, “The Gentlemen” is also more wealth-aganda.
The cast, led by the frenemy-flirtatious Theo James and Kaya Scodelario, is game. And hey, there’s only a little racism this time around. .... Surprisingly entertaining and pleasantly forgettable series.
The Ritchie flourishes are irritating – especially on-screen text cutely translating the drugs speak, so when a character offers “£4m sweetened with a bar’s worth of White Widow super cheese”, up pops the explainer that this refers to a million pounds’ worth of “rocket-fuelled marijuana”. But if you can get past this, The Gentleman is a fun caper.
Sure, there’s effort and style in the new-and-unimproved “Gentlemen,” but it’s still a copy of a copy of a copy: Ritchie imitated himself in the movie, and now he’s recreating that imitation. While distracting enough, there’s less tension here than concession; less inner battle than business opportunity.
The plot is more comprehensible, there’s less casual racism and antisemitism in the script, and Scodelario gets the heaps of screen time she deserves in a variation on Dockery’s underwritten role. But midway through season, Ritchie’s signature affectations get tiresome, and the format predictable.
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
17% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
17% Negative
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