|
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
|
Positive:
21
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
|
Watch Now
| Stream On |
|
Critic Reviews
Nov 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
“The Day of the Jackal” is so relentlessly good, with the exception of the music, that you really don’t want to ask yourself the obvious questions—such as “Why am I rooting for this scoundrel?” Well, because his antagonists are so charmless and his talent is so blindingly brilliant. The show is a marvel of editing and cinematography—teams were responsible for both. The actors are first-rate.
Read full review
TV Guide MagazineNov 14, 2024
Season 1 Review:
We're never quite sure if we're rooting for the master sniper to get caught or to succeed. Much of this ambiguity is rooted in Eddie Redmayne's compelling, enigmatic performance. [18 Nov - 8 Dec 2024, p.4]
Nov 12, 2024
Season 1 Review:
With the luxury of a 10-episode run, “Day of the Jackal” has room for a number of subplots, but it never feels like the unnecessary padding that occurs in many limited series that should be more, well, limited. In addition to the virtuoso cinematography, the crackling good dialogue and universally terrific performances, the series makes great use of music.
Read full review
Nov 14, 2024
Season 1 Review:
You spend much of the series wondering what exactly makes the Jackal tick. Is he simply a monstrous, unfeeling killer? A family man in disguise? A straight-up psychopath? Redmayne is fascinatingly coy — warm one moment and then haunting the next. .... Lynch’s take on Bianca is a stirring mix of impulsivity and cunning. They are the twin engines propelling the plot.
Read full review
The Observer (UK)Nov 12, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Sometimes you get the impression that Bennett wants to get as far away from Top Boy and the drug gangs of the Summerhouse estate as he can, to the point where you feel you’re indulging in a Mission: Impossible film marathon. Still, for assassin fare, it’s all very classily done, and, like the Jackal himself, takes no prisoners.
Read full review
iNov 8, 2024
Season 1 Review:
This is no doubt one of Redmayne’s finest performances and while his assassin is stoic and unfeeling, his unsettling shapeshifting into multiple aliases allows him to flex every acting muscle he has. When we’re given access to his complex killing set ups – false flag attempts and sniper rifles that fold away to nothing – The Day of the Jackal is a thrill ride all the way to the end.
Read full review
The GuardianNov 7, 2024
Nov 4, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The cinematography is as stunning as the food is exquisite and familiar. There is no compulsion to reinvent, no needless experimental energy. The series feels instead like a lush and leisurely expansion. But the beats — and the dishes — remains the same. There is one exception. Tita, in Guaita’s hands, is quicker, more volatile and more stubborn than Lumi Cavazos’s comparatively sedate version in the film. Guaita certainly delivers a charming performance.
Read full review
RogerEbert.comNov 4, 2024
ColliderNov 1, 2024
Nov 18, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Redmayne does do a good job of playing a person who feels that he’s nicer than he actually is. .... Lynch’s innate soulfulness softens her character. You may question Bianca’s choices, but the actor is good to watch whenever she’s onscreen. Also shining a light is Úrsula Corberó as Nuria. .... But really, there is nothing as tedious as a psycho killer, except when it’s a song by the Talking Heads.
Read full review
Nov 13, 2024
Season 1 Review:
There’s a great two-hour movie in this Peacock series, or possibly even a great four-hour miniseries. But for the six episodes in the middle, the season becomes cougars all the way down, as one digression after another to keeps pulling at the ostensibly fine thread that is the core plot.
Read full review
The Daily BeastNov 12, 2024
IndieWireNov 14, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The makeup, cinematography, and editing all work together to help make the Jackal’s disguises convincing and impressive, and the action scenes are thankfully not too dark to see or too quickly cut together to tell what’s going on. And yet, none of that is what I’ll remember about “The Day of the Jackal.” Instead, I’ll remember how long it felt to sit through it and how painfully it overextended its story.
Read full review
Current TV Shows
By MetascoreBy User Score