Top Boy

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Season 4
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4

Critic Reviews

  1. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Nicole Vassell
    Mar 18, 2022
    100
    It is violent, with some intense scenes that can stick with you, even episodes after watching. Still, Top Boy is a distinct example of when great writing meets great acting; overlook it at your own peril.
  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Ellen E Jones
    Mar 18, 2022
    80
    Like these forceful, resourceful anti-heroes, the show always comes out on top. And it’s not about to move from that spot any time soon.
  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Michael Hogan
    Mar 18, 2022
    80
    It’s a storming series, which manages to take on serious issues – mental health, domestic abuse, homophobia, child neglect – without ever becoming po-faced or worthy. The script is full of heart and humour. If you binge-watch the eight episodes (as many fans will surely do), you’ll feel spat out, exhausted, thrilled.
  5. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Morgan Jeffery
    Mar 8, 2022
    80
    It's a show now unapologetically made for its loyal fanbase and they'll find much to enjoy in this latest chapter, which succeeds in building on 2019's launch to deliver the show's most blockbuster season yet, without sacrificing the heart and the grit which made the series sing when it first premiered more than a decade ago.

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. SimboTheKing
    Sep 4, 2023
    8
    Top Boy remains a very good show and one of modern British TV's finest offerings. It is an absolute gem of a show and one that is gripping andTop Boy remains a very good show and one of modern British TV's finest offerings. It is an absolute gem of a show and one that is gripping and intense in equal measures.

    The only thing that really prevents me from giving it a higher score is that certain scenes from here look like they are pulled straight out of the wire but less artistically written. Top Boy has always had hints of this comparison but Dushane and Sully's relationship feels exactly like Stringer and Avon's. I don't think you can get quite as many props being second to this plot, especially when the wire did it first.

    This lack of 100% fresh ideas is one of Top Boy's biggest weaknesses. Thankfully, all of the other parts are more than enough to paper these cracks. There is also some innovation and I particularly like both the Summerhouse demolition and Lauryn storylines and they felt like very inspired ideas.

    Overall, I would still heavily recommend Top Boy especially to a British audience, it'a definitely in the upper echelons of current TV.

    This review: 18/04/2022. Rewatched: 03/09/2023.    … Full Review »
  2. MetacriticOnur
    Mar 18, 2022
    6
    admirable
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    adjective
    worthy of admiration; inspiring approval, reverence, or affection.
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