- Network: HBO
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 1, 2015
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings
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Mixed: 3 out of 10
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Negative: 2 out of 10
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Sep 18, 2015A somewhat pretentious but brutally effective drama, "Nightingale" succeeds on the strength of a riveting and quite heartbreaking performance by David Oyelowo whose heartbreaking and nuanced portrayal of Peter Snowden is compulsively and often disturbingly mesmeric.
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The narrow perspective creates the disconcerting intimacy on which Nightingale thrives, but Lester’s strict adherence to it often feels compensatory and makes the film come across more like a conceptual exercise than a story.
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What makes the disturbing story gripping, beyond Oyelowo’s spellbinding performance, is its humor, defining compassion and incisive imagery.
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Nightingale is overshot to appear more cinematic and underwritten to avoid pomposity, and that's okay. Both decisions are just that: choices to serve the character. Peter would be pleased with how his little film turned out.