The Night Manager

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Season #: 2, 1
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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 182 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 147 out of 182
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 182
  3. Negative: 10 out of 182
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  1. podunk411
    Jun 6, 2016
    6
    Could've been great, but wasn't adapted to TV well (and I've never even read the book). The plotting & early character story seemed terribly truncated and don't fit well together --especially Jonathan Pine's first "romance" which I didn't buy at all but is the basis for everything to come. Then his sudden skill set change from Night Manager to trained double agent? The actors do well withCould've been great, but wasn't adapted to TV well (and I've never even read the book). The plotting & early character story seemed terribly truncated and don't fit well together --especially Jonathan Pine's first "romance" which I didn't buy at all but is the basis for everything to come. Then his sudden skill set change from Night Manager to trained double agent? The actors do well with what they're given but that's not saying much. It's still beautifully shot & entertaining, just misses the mark on the whole.… Expand
  2. DonMega
    May 29, 2016
    6
    Watch this if you want to see Loki have a **** eating grin throughout 90% of the show.

    Start's out very good but after episode 3 quality degrades really fast. Tom Hiddleston's shining bright smile glows on your tv screen every time he talks to someone in the show. It really makes you want to punch him in the face.

    Mutiple times.

    Multiple times.
  3. orwellflash
    Apr 22, 2016
    5
    Started out promising, but quickly devolved into an idiot plot plagued
    mess of eye-candy and stupidity. This is not an intelligent show! Check
    your brain at the door. Good acting could not redeem it. Painfully contrived. I feel betrayed by the professional critics.
  4. Bo33y
    Apr 19, 2016
    4
    Nothing special. A paper thin story that doesn't work today. To deal arms outside of the UK from the UK, it would have to go through about 5 committees M.O.D, Intelligence, GCHQ, Foreign Office and Whitehall. That is before any sub committees, where there is even a morality committee in Whitehall of how the sale of arms affects the population.

    Regardless this plot was 4 hours too long,    Nothing special. A paper thin story that doesn't work today. To deal arms outside of the UK from the UK, it would have to go through about 5 committees M.O.D, Intelligence, GCHQ, Foreign Office and Whitehall. That is before any sub committees, where there is even a morality committee in Whitehall of how the sale of arms affects the population.

    Regardless this plot was 4 hours too long, it would have made a better film if adapted properly, aside from it having so much basic flaw like in its abysmal fairy tale ending. Yawn. The TV show was like watching paint dry. It had some scenery acting and fireworks. Although the TV series is best avoided where the book reads better in a time where the world was a different place. Some of it was made for the demographics like adding the token pregnant woman etc....    … Expand
  5. effinayright
    Apr 22, 2016
    6
    Kinda uncertain about this. Why did the Arab mistress of the obviously murderous Egyptian rich guy return to the hotel, where he could find her??

    Why would the Night Manger, having got himself involved in Cairo, think he could expunge it from his past by taking the same positions, in the same fancy hotels, as the one he left?
  6. JennetP
    Apr 30, 2016
    5
    This miniseries ends up being mediocre because its strengths and its weaknesses cancel each other out. Chief strength: gorgeous cinematography at what appear to be real (and beautiful) locations. Chief weakness: terrible writing marked by improbabilities in character, situation, and plot. Viewers must suspend disbelief almost constantly--without getting much dramatic payoff. The acting is,This miniseries ends up being mediocre because its strengths and its weaknesses cancel each other out. Chief strength: gorgeous cinematography at what appear to be real (and beautiful) locations. Chief weakness: terrible writing marked by improbabilities in character, situation, and plot. Viewers must suspend disbelief almost constantly--without getting much dramatic payoff. The acting is, by and large, decent. None of the characters is convincing, but that fault lies more in the script than in the performances. I finished watching the series, though I did household chores during the last couple of episodes (always a sign of reduced expectations).… Expand
  7. EludiumQ36
    Jul 19, 2017
    6
    "The Night Manager" isn't awful, in many ways it's quite good but I've got some "notes". First, though I enjoyed Hugh Laurie's return to television, his English accent is offputtingly pretentious. His American accent was natural and great, the English accent is just wrong. Tom Hiddleston as an everyman James Bond is just too much. He's got a wimpy looking face and manner that's made more"The Night Manager" isn't awful, in many ways it's quite good but I've got some "notes". First, though I enjoyed Hugh Laurie's return to television, his English accent is offputtingly pretentious. His American accent was natural and great, the English accent is just wrong. Tom Hiddleston as an everyman James Bond is just too much. He's got a wimpy looking face and manner that's made more for a sad romance than a spy thriller. The love interest - Elizabeth Debicki - is attractive but not stunningly so which I think is necessary since she's the pet of the villain and the fantasy of our hero for which he jeopardizes so much. And that brings me to my last note. The mini-series was thankfully short at six one-hour eps, but there was a predictability to it, like it was a film school project that was busy checking all the requisite drama boxes: loss of loved one, revenge, recruitment, sacrifice, boinking, murder, betrayal, etc. There was only maybe one plot twist but everything proceeded as you'd imagine it would and by the end it was clear you knew this was how it would end. That's fine for writing in the 1960s but not for 2017.… Expand
  8. geewah
    Dec 21, 2020
    6
    Okay. Nothing more. Found this to be too predictable and not overly entertaining.

Awards & Rankings

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#34 Best TV Season of 2016
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#22 Most Shared TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. Sioux City Journal
    Reviewed by: Bruce Miller
    May 2, 2016
    90
    The Night Manager is easily the best miniseries of the year--in a year packed with monumental ones. Hiddleston, Laurie and Bier aren’t just adding another credit to their resumes. They’re part of a series that’s quite likely a game changer.
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  2. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Kevin Fallon
    Apr 20, 2016
    80
    We’ve seen this all before. The good guy’s descent into darkness, the cat-and-mouse thriller, the escapist action series, the on-location porn. Does The Night Manager do it any better than we’re used to? Sure, quite often. But at least it almost never does it any worse.
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  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Apr 19, 2016
    70
    The Night Manager is concerned with the complications and accommodations made to cope with man-made, humanitarian disasters. But all the permutations of its plot, however grisly and threatening, never dominate the show in the way they are meant to.
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