- Network: ITV , Sundance Now
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 15, 2020
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings
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Positive: 13 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Oct 18, 2020David Tennant does a remarkable job portraying the dour yet somehow mesmerizing serial killer helped by the fact he shares more than a passing resemblance to Neilsen. In fact the whole cast are superb in a taut drama well worth checking out.
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Oct 15, 2020It's worth watching this for David Tennant and Daniel Mays, who are both eminently watchable. However, considering it's a story about a serial killer it's a pretty dry affair. There's a lot more to the Dennis Neilsen story but we just get the end of it.
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Feb 17, 2021A smart and excellent limited series on the arrest and trial of notorious serial killer, Dennis Nilsen.
David Tennant's potrayal of Nilsen as both a bland individual and a chilling murderer is superb, as is May as tension riddled cheif dectective Peter Jay.
One of the hidden gems of 2020.
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Based on Tennant’s performance alone, Des is a compelling watch. But Mays and Watkins put in solid performances, as well.
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Tennant gives an unforgettable performance as Nilsen, a portrayal that dances dangerously along the edge of comedy. ... “Des,” created by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold and directed by Mr. Arnold, is delivered in three tautly constructed, economical episodes about crime and punishment, the crime, as usual, being more engrossing than the punishment.
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In its determination not to be sensationalistic errs on the side of vagueness. (If the point is that Nilsen was just an empty shell, it’s not made in a way that I found very compelling or particularly chilling.) ... Enjoying “Des” — well, appreciating “Des” — has to do with its details, which include the seamless, highly capable ensemble work among Mays, Watkins, Tennant and Barry Ward (as Jay’s right-hand man) and the appropriately musty evocation of the period by the production designer Anna Higginson and the cinematographer Mark Wolf.