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7
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8
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Critic Reviews
Jan 3, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The new version is far less about spectacle [than the 1956 film], though it is quite beautiful in the way it captures the physical world, from post-Commune Paris to the Yemeni desert to Raj-era India to, eventually, the U.S., where a meeting with the legendary lawman Bass Reeves (Gary Beadle) leads to a gun-slinging romp through Reconstruction Era America that borders on the preposterous but is highly exciting.
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Jan 3, 2022
Season 1 Review:
What seems like a not-necessary idea actually turns into a pretty good one with "Around the World in Eighty Days," adapting Jules Verne's novel into an eight-episode Masterpiece series, one already renewed for another voyage. David Tennant plays the unlikely adventurer Phileas Fogg, in a slick retelling that significantly updates and expands the story.
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Radio TimesJan 18, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It’s certainly not short of activity and yet, it all feels a little flat. The cast do their best with the material they’ve been dealt – Tennant, Benesch and Koma are convincing in their roles – but after watching the first three episodes made available to critics, we were quite happy to leave it there.
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ColliderDec 29, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Masterpiece’s adaptation of the Verne classic adds almost nothing significant to the story of Phileas Fogg and his companions. It remains firmly within the limits set by the novel in 1872, turning a journey around the world from an adventure into unknown lands to a stroll along a well-trodden footpath. It is an expansion that does not exceed the constraints of the original tale and perhaps even flounders under the weight of attempting to tell every aspect of Verne’s story and then some.
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Jan 3, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It’s a story with a ticking clock literally in the title and yet this adaptation is largely devoid of adventure or fun and doesn’t work nearly well enough as serious drama to compensate. ... What kept me going primarily was Tennant’s interpretation of Fogg as a mournful man characterized by his abiding sadness.
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The IndependentDec 29, 2021
Season 1 Review:
London and Paris look nearly identical here, perhaps both shot on the same block in Romania. In every frame, you can sense corners being cut. ... TV is finally in a position to faithfully remake Around the World in 80 Days, so why not give it the treatment it deserves?
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