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Cush Jumbo and her character are the reasons why we’re going to keep watching Criminal Record. Not that we hate Peter Capaldi’s character, but at the outset he feels much more generic than Jumbo’s character, and given that the two of them face off during the entire season, that could end up being a big problem.
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The resolution, when it finally comes, is unsatisfying. After eight episodes, the thinness of the show’s ambitions are revealed.
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Despite boasting captivating performances from co-leads Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi, its writing, cinematography, and direction relegate it to Apple’s ever-growing pile of uninspired dramas.
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What might be a knotty enough case to sustain a two-hour movie or a four-episode arc within a longer drama starts to drag over eight hours. Which might be more forgivable if the world of the show were engaging enough to stand on its own merits — but despite creator Paul Rutman’s ear for natural-sounding dialogue, his characters hardly seem to deepen past the ideas they’re meant to represent.
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