Top Boy

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Season 3
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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No score yet - based on 3 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3

Critic Reviews

  1. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Sarah Hughes
    Jan 3, 2020
    100
    A beautifully paced and powerful return. Bennett’s tight, compassionate scripts touch on everything from the impact of Brexit to the increased presence of immigration officers without ever forgetting that this is at heart a story about a community and the ties that bind filled with believable, beautifully written characters, many of whom may well break your heart.
  2. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Ed Cumming
    Jan 3, 2020
    80
    Top Boy can be bleak and violent, with dialogue so naturalistic that it verges on the impenetrable, but in telling stories that rarely get heard, it asks us to think differently about the city we live in. Drake has done British viewers a favour. We can thank him later.
  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Rebecca Nicholson
    Dec 4, 2019
    80
    For all of Top Boy’s gloom and heavy portent – during almost every scene, you wonder what terrible fate will befall the character in it – there are moments of dry humour. ... It is not a flattering portrait of our times, but as a TV drama, it is up there with the best – tense, gripping and relentless.

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. SimboTheKing
    Apr 3, 2022
    8
    I really like Top Boy as I feel it is one of the better British shows exploring urban life. I often find myself lamenting the relative lack ofI really like Top Boy as I feel it is one of the better British shows exploring urban life. I often find myself lamenting the relative lack of British shows that really reflect modern cities and lifestyles. Exports like Downton Abbey, Bridgerton, or even Peaky Blinders are fantastic yes, but sorely removed from the modern landscape of British cities.

    Top Boy excels in painting a relatively realistic (of course the violence is scaled up a notch for drama) reflection of Britain. It often gets compared to The Wire and, whilst I don't think it is quite as good as that, it does have shades of that influence. Mostly I just like that it's something that I can relate to more as a British young adult. Stories like this are severely lacking on British television so I will always support it.    … Full Review »
  2. avisra03
    Jan 16, 2021
    10
    didn't watch the first two seasons which definitely skews my review, cinematography was above average, music and sound design were average,didn't watch the first two seasons which definitely skews my review, cinematography was above average, music and sound design were average, but the writing and especially the acting was fantastic, those two aspects alone quantify a 10.… Full Review »
  3. Jdank
    Sep 25, 2019
    10
    Top Boy back and better than dare I say ever? Show doesn’t miss a beat from the end of the second season to the begging of the third besidesTop Boy back and better than dare I say ever? Show doesn’t miss a beat from the end of the second season to the begging of the third besides the time which has passed.… Full Review »
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