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Critic Reviews
Jun 22, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The problem isn’t Ms. Martini, who does everything the role calls for. The problem, in large part, is the script’s narrow focus on prequelizing. It doesn’t have any ideas beyond establishing the endemic sexism Tennison will still be facing 20 years on, and connecting dots to her later alcoholism (in three different scenes) and bad decisions about sex.
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TV Guide MagazineJun 22, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Stefanie Martini lacks the steel and fire to make us truly believe this rookie constable could be so precociously intuitive. .... The prequel is most intriguing when Jane, still living with her parents and defending her career choice, struggles with an ethical work dilemma and the affections of a superior. [26 Jun - 9 Jul 2017, p.13]
Jun 21, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Martini is all right ... [But] it’s hard to imagine such a shallow character growing into Mirren’s complicated soul. If Martini were playing a different character, if the “Prime Suspect” branding were not attached, that urge to compare would not distract, and Martini might have a chance to develop the role according to her own bent. But since she is Jane Tennison, her creative wiggle room is limited. Like the series, she is stuck in the shadow of a legend.
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Jun 21, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Installments runs past the 80-minute mark in order to tell a meandering, unexceptional story that could have used far more ruthless pruning and honing. A bigger problem is the casting of Stefanie Martini in the lead role. The writing does her no favors--it’s obvious and superficial throughout--but Martini brings nothing but a wide-eyed innocence and a bland, earnest tentativeness to the role.
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