'There are no weak links - with every actor standing out in their own right within this twisted Birmingham gangster world' Critics praise 'slick' Peaky Blinders series return
Peaky Blinders has returned for a fifth series with Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby now an MP
In her five-star review, Watson continued:"What the episode really excels in [is] its ability to avoid the creakiness of plot that could result from its longevity. "One of the best things about Peaky Blinders is there are no weak links - with every actor standing out in their own right within this twisted Birmingham gangster world."the new series had arrived"with swagger" and was"slick, a bit superficial and absolutely gripping".
"Scenes such as this encapsulate what Peaky Blinders has become. It's a rock'n'roll riot in vintage clobber and, judged by those standards, an absolute triumph."The Bafta-winning Peaky Blinders is being shown on BBC One for the first time with this new series - a move which meant another hit period drama Poldark had to been brought forward to an earlier slot.
He went on to praise the look and atmosphere of the episode, while still poking fun at one scene in particular when Tommy"emerged from the mist on horseback against an impossibly panoramic West Midlands landscape" before picking up the phone to order a hit.A phone box scene elicited some sniggers"The women, too, in Peaky Blinders have power, if only by association with Tommy, the pivotal point of all their lives. And none more so than Helen McCrory's parodically sensual Polly.
"Peaky Blinders didn't take any chances with its audience or give us something we hadn't seen before."Sam Claflin as Tommy's political rival Oswald Mosley will become a central figure in the series, who branded the episode a"poor show" but, good news for fans as"the formula is the same".
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