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- AMC
- Oct 28, 2018
- AMC
- Oct 28, 2018
Summary Airing on consecutive nights, the three-part miniseries based on John le Carré's novel of the same name is set in the 1970s where a chance encounter in Greece between Charlie (Florence Pugh), an actress on vacation and a mysterious man named Becker (Alexander Skarsgård), soon becomes much more as she becomes part of high stakes spy plot ...
- AMC
- Oct 28, 2018
- AMC
- Oct 28, 2018
Summary Airing on consecutive nights, the three-part miniseries based on John le Carré's novel of the same name is set in the 1970s where a chance encounter in Greece between Charlie (Florence Pugh), an actress on vacation and a mysterious man named Becker (Alexander Skarsgård), soon becomes much more as she becomes part of high stakes spy plot ...
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Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
75
83% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
17% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The director’s excitement crosses over for the audience. Like many of le Carré’s other international relations studies, The Little Drummer Girl can be as burdened by specifics; however, this limited series finds inventive and eye-catching ways to convey its spycraft. Despite all the lies, games, performances, and plays, these characters have an authenticity that guts you.
Superior to the film in every way, even if it still has a few shortcomings.
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Based on 54 User Ratings
7.1
67% Positive
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19% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 54 User Ratings
7.1
67% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
19% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
15% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
It won’t please every Le Carré fan, and it doesn’t do justice--doesn’t try to do justice, really--to one important aspect of his story, regarding the emotional fallout for the civilian once she’s gone all the way into the spies’ world. Somewhat perversely, given its subject, it’s not an acting showcase--it’s bound together by Park’s style and technique, and no performer stands out like Diane Keaton did in Hill’s film (she was the only thing worth watching). But on its own terms, this Little Drummer Girl is a success.
It’s Pugh who really carries the miniseries with her boldness and charm, fully commanding the screen and giving a deeply natural and genuine performance as an amateur spy caught between two worlds.
Come for the sumptuous style, stay for the Syriana-ish espionage quagmire. [30 Nov 2018, p.46]
The Little Drummer Girl is best admired from a polite distance without trying to think too hard about whether it makes sense or is worth all the time and effort. But goodness, the show is lovely to look at.
The globe-trotting locations are equally lavish [as the Night Manager] and the cinematic visuals no less lush, but some of the key roles feel miscast, while the stretched-out plot drags in places. The dialogue is also strangely tin-eared, perhaps because Park is not a native English speaker and misses some of the off-key nuances.
The first "night" (the first 2.5 hours or so) have been highly intriguing. It's not quite as tough to follow as most John Le Carre stories are. Certainly better than Tinker Tailor.... that put me to sleep instantly. The young female lead is really good, as is Eric Northman.
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Une série d’espionnage en 6 épisodes qui fait volontiers illusion pendant… 2 épisodes, puis au troisième, on se dit que cette série nous prend vraiment pour des cons ! (et on arrête les frais peu après…) à moins que ce ne soit le roman dont elle est inspirée, bien entendu. Et ça se pourrait bien, puisqu’il s’agit d’un bouquin de John Le Carré qui va toujours imaginer des histoires abracadabrantesques !
Et là en l’occurrence, on est servi… puisqu’il s’agit ni plus ni moins d’une connerie à la Mission Impossible… pas les films (encore que…) mais la vieille série fatiguenaze pleine d’ennui qui passait son temps à mystifier les ennemis par des tours de passe-passe et des représentations à la petite semaine…
Par exemple, (pour vous donner un exemple que l’on trouve dans n’importe quel résumé publicitaire de cette série (de merde), la jolie cocotte (incarnée par la mignonne Florence Pugh) se met à bosser, à faire l’espionne infiltrée pour le Mossad… pour pas un rond ! elle qui n’est même pas juive, pas liée de près ou de loin avec les Israéliens, pas formée, pas entraînée du tout… et pour cause, elle n’est qu’une simple actrice… de théâtre à Londres !
Nan mais putain sans déconner, c’est la petite blonde avec une chaussure noire ou quoi ?… eh bien non, même pas, car tout cela est coincé entièrement au premier degré très sérieux… et n’a même pas l’excuse de la comédie, aussi ridicule (et futile) fût-elle…
Signalons néanmoins des comédiens et des comédiennes qui jouent le jeu de façon fort juste, en dépit de cette histoire complètement conne… Et n’oublions pas Florence Pugh, toujours aussi charmante, dont le personnage a brûlé son soutien-gorge (une vraie féministe) mais un peu boulotte quand même… comme souvent avec les actrices anglaises (trop de pudding, je crois).
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