Luther

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Season 5
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
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  1. SimboTheKing
    May 10, 2023
    6
    Yeah at this point Luther is getting a bit stale and I hope the film is either a) completely refreshing or b) if it continues the same tone the last Luther media we see. It's a one trick pony really and, whilst that trick is very good, it ultimately is not enough to carry a show for 5 seasons. The issues that I may have overlooked in previous seasons as the show was just so stylish and newYeah at this point Luther is getting a bit stale and I hope the film is either a) completely refreshing or b) if it continues the same tone the last Luther media we see. It's a one trick pony really and, whilst that trick is very good, it ultimately is not enough to carry a show for 5 seasons. The issues that I may have overlooked in previous seasons as the show was just so stylish and new are now really distracting - the entire police department in Luther are so useless it's a wonder how anyone keeps their jobs (although reading met reports irl maybe there's more truth than fiction in this haha) and the killers are so one-note and underdeveloped it's crazy. It's a show full of contrivances and stretched logic.

    Of course Idris and Ruth are stellar as always but I get the sense that even they are a bit bored of their characters now. So long, farewell Luther - you were good when you were good but the last couple of seasons have been very very meh.    … Expand

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Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Jan 7, 2020
    80
    Luther can sometimes feel like a race towards ever more warped violence. And it can get very, very silly. But rejoice! ... Luther is always electrifying when Alice is around. If it took Wilson leaving The Affair to come back, then I'm all for it.
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  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Dec 4, 2019
    60
    It allows the mind to roam across many questions while the story unspools efficiently before you, asking little in the way of mental or emotional investment and giving much in the way of solidly old-fashioned whodunnitry. Pairs well with apple crumble and custard or large slabs of Dairy Milk.
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  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Steven Scaife
    Jun 4, 2019
    25
    The show’s concept has long revolved around how everything Luther has been through has left him haunted, but now, in the fifth season, it does little more for viewers than leave them numb.
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