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Positive:
8
Mixed:
6
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0
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Critic Reviews
TV Guide MagazineMar 15, 2021
Season 1 Review:
What Brannick digs up is beyond disturbing, leading to a killer twist at the four-part mystery's midpoint that make you question everything. [15-28 Mar 2021, p.11]
The GuardianFeb 22, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Bloodlands is shaping up to be a fine addition to the growing genre of Irish noir, which draws power from its concentration on place as well as plot. And it stands as an enjoyably dense and astute thriller (with enough black humour threaded through to let it breathe) in its own right.
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The IndependentFeb 22, 2021
Season 1 Review:
[Nesbitt] gives Brannick an anguished, unforced humanity, a decent man driven to distraction. ... After a slightly sluggish opening in which we meet Brannick’s daughter Izzy (Lola Petticrew), a medical student at Queen’s in Belfast, and her teacher Tori (Lisa Dwan), Bloodlands soon hits its stride.
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The TelegraphSep 19, 2022
Season 2 Review:
The plot is sufficiently good to bring me back for episode two, but dramas can feel like a bit of a slog when the central character is unlikeable and potentially everyone is lying. We can’t trust anything that Brannick says. We can’t trust anything that the widow (Victoria Smurfit) says. And I’m not sure if we’re meant to trust Det Chief Supt Jackie Twomey (Lorcan Cranitch) or not.
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The TimesSep 19, 2022
Season 2 Review:
While there is enough intrigue and weirdness to keep watching, there is still a lot of James Nesbitt glowering and frowning, then frowning and glowering, and looking angry even when he's just, say, driving a car. ... Yet my issue with it hasn't changed it is unrelentingly dour with few likeable characters.
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