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Critic Reviews
Season 1 Review:
Doing everything right. .... The characters are vivid, unpredictable in a human way and perfectly played. The five-part series feels original, not quite like anything we’ve seen before. Created by the Booker Prize-winning Jamaican novelist Marlon James, it registers as authentic to its place and people, while being true to the noir tradition — tropical Raymond Chandler.
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The IndependentMar 6, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Even as the central mystery approaches some sort of resolution, the writing and performances, the perspectives and subjective points of view are compelling enough to leave these stories hanging alluringly. Get Millie Black lives and breathes. This might be a crime thriller, but it isn’t just a crime thriller.
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Season 1 Review:
If the twists are too easily visible and the revelations a hair too formulaic, however, James still treats the genre and its conventions with respect. The dialogue has an effective crackle, blending theatrical repartee and low-key Jamaican patois with the writer’s poetic impulses in a way that makes every character seem distinctive, even if they only get a few lines.
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