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Landscapers (TV Miniseries)

Landscapers

2021

Ed Sinclair (Creator), Will Sharpe

Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Samuel Anderson, Felicity Montagu ...

6.3

2,359

TV Series. Mystery. Drama. Comedy 4 Episodes. A devoted and mild-mannered married couple becomes the center of media attention when two bodies are found buried in their backyard. As the investigation progresses, Susan's imagination leads them to pretend an alternate reality in which they are the heroes of the story.

	Media	Author	Review
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"It’s left to stars Olivia Colman and David Thewlis to maintain a level of emotional truth through what otherwise feels like a collection of amusing narrative experiments."
		Jennifer Keishin Armstrong The Wrap	"Olivia Colman and David Thewlis are riveting (...) 'Landscapers' takes a light approach to its dark subject matter"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"The breaking of the fourth wall becomes a crucial thematic piece of the story — and the most interesting element of a project that doesn’t quite click, despite the abundant talent on display (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Joanna Berry Digital Spy	"[Writer Ed Sinclair] gives [the two main characters] voices that are sometimes tragic, sometimes sad and sometimes deluded, but always fascinating (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Mike Hale The New York Times	"If 'Landscapers' doesn’t, in the end, entirely fulfill the promise of Sharpe’s visual wizardry, it’s down to the screenplay by Sinclair (...) It doesn’t match the inventiveness of the direction"
		Katie Rosseinsky London Evening Standard	"The result is often strange but always engrossing - what might otherwise have turned out as another based-on-a-true-story series is instead relentlessly original."
		Abby Robinson Radio Times	"This series is saturated with bells and whistles (...) which often leave you feeling like you’ve entered a fever dream, and one that would work much better played out on the stage (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Adam Miller Metro	"[It] is the most imaginative account of truly one of the bleakest British crimes, blending theatre, high budget police drama and black comedy into an unlikely cocktail which somehow feels seamless (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"Sharpe’s direction is clever and strong and the leads’ performances are well-crafted; 'Landscapers' is worth sampling"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"[It is] an interesting detour into bizarre true crime, but so stylized as to blunt the overall impact by being too cute for its own good."
		Dan Seddon NME	"This is a tale that defies belief, but in the hands of Colman, Thewlis, Sinclair and director Will Sharpe it feels utterly real – and completely unmissable (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"Avoiding the common traps of true crime, the striking production asks audiences to consider the human beings before the headlines"
		Robert Daniels The Playlist	"It's Colman and Thewlis, two exceptional leads humanizing two eccentric, difficult to like characters, who make Sharpe's 'Landscapers', a feast for the eyes and a garden for the heart"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"At times, the trickery and the cinematic flourishes can be a bit much (...) Always, though, Thewlis and Colman are amazing"

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