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The Night Manager
2016
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Positive Reviews
36
Negative reviews
4
Average Rating
3.9
/5
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3.5
Her world weary determination marks her as an ideal toiler in Le Carrs world, someone doomed to professional disappointment in a job that doesnt reall ..
Av Club
4.2
A clever fable of heroic renewal, The Night Manager gives us a redemptive journey into a heart of darkness and a portrait of a genre mired in shadow p ..
EW
4.0
If youre a cloak and dagger enthusiast, you wont be disappointed.
Common Sense Media
3.8
No matter the reason, theres no denying her immense talent; talent which should be rewarded come this years Emmys.
Indie Wire
4.5
Her stubbornness has its roots in compassionate but clear eyed morality matters that dont much concern Roper.
Variety
4.5
Hugh Laurie is the best worst man, a splendid villain, bullish and bullying, not overdone though, just right.
The Guardian
4.5
Tom Hollander I never thought Id be scared of Rev, but, dear hell, hes camply nasty.
The Guardian
3.1
Theres a sense of casualness in the novel, a casualness that Simon and Burns conjured in The Wire, thats missing from this production.
4.5
Infiltrating Ropers inner circle isnt difficult for Pine, who we watch first create an alias and a criminal history.
Collider
5.0
Infiltrating Ropers inner circle isnt difficult for Pine, who we watch first create an alias and a criminal history.
Collider
1.5
The two opening chapters shown in Berlin suggest clear mainstream ratings potential, striking a balance between sumptuous cinematic spectacle and popu ..
The Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Where The Night Manager was winningly swish, the new six hour series is a masterclass in slow burn.
Telegraph
3.8
But Ropers reptilian chief of staff, Major Lance Corkoran (Tom Hollander, A Poet in New York) doesnt trust the handsome young man at all and suspects ..
San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
Pines no anti hero, and the miniseries is all the better because Hiddleston and the creators know thats why hes all the more interesting.
The Young Folks
4.5
It certainly helps that in every way, The Night Manager doesnt feel like TV.
JoBlo
4.5
Hes Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston), a smoothly suave English ex soldier, and hes the night manager.
The Globe And Mail
4.4
And theres the inevitable, beautiful Bond girls, the first of whom always dies.
Usa Today
4.2
The real le Carr unreels here, with savvy updates (re gendering the books male spy boss) strengthening his nail biting storytelling and ever keen focu ..
News Day
4.5
SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, THE NIGHT MANAGER) HUGH LAURIE: (As Richard Roper) So you dont drink and youre not pink.
Npr
1.5
He doesnt shoot bad guys, and the one fistfight he gets into with multiple people, he loses badly.
Npr
3.8
When The Night Manager hit bookstores, Hugh Laurie was immediately convinced of its potential as a worthy successor.
Star Tribune
3.0
It is cinematic. It is lavish. It is well performed... There is much to admire here, but nothing to feel.
Daily Mail
1.5
If he has no particular sexual chemistry with Ropers much younger wife, Jed (a very good Elizabeth Debicki, taller than Hiddleston by a charming inch) ..
Slate
4.5
Roper isnt a supervillain like Bonds Ernst Stavro Blofeld; hes an indolent fellow who loves wealth more than people.
Time
3.5
She senses something that doesnt seem apparent that theres half a psychopath inside Pine.
Boston Herald
4.5
While it isnt perfect, The Night Manager is a sharp thriller especially sure to satisfy spans of the spy genre.
Uproxx
4.5
Sophie is murdered and Pine isnt James Bond any more hes a guilt ridden, crying heap.
The Irish Times
4.5
Hugh Laurie as a deceptively friendly baddie Tom Hiddleston as James Bond, basically Its sexy, its stylish, its exciting.
Pajiba
3.8
Ironically, his titular character of Nefertiti Hotel night manager Jonathan Pine isnt much like James Bond at all.
Groucho Reviews
4.5
The Night Manager is suspenseful, shrewd, escapist entertainment for grown ups.
Oregon Live
4.5
Instead, its story is one of clarity and momentumnot to mention nail biting suspense.
The Stranger
4.5
But thats not the only difference youll find when you sit down to watch.
Tv
3.0
Pines motives arent solely patriotiche also carries a personal vendetta against Roper thats laid out in the opening episode.
Under The Radar Mag
4.5
The Night Manager isnt perfectit has a tendency to wanderbut its pretty close.
Lainey Gossip
4.5
In all this Hiddleston is suave and convincing no matter who hes cozying up to. (
Yahoo
1.5
The other, more surprisingly even heretically is Olivia Colman, who doesnt feel remotely like a top spy.
Spectator
4.5
You feel like youre exposed to something that you maybe shouldnt be seeing.
News
4.5
If you are looking for something juicy to sink your teeth into and enjoy a suspenseful thriller, I cant recommend The Night Manager enough.
FlickDirect
4.5
Plagued by mediocrity in the writing and stubbornly dull acting, this unpleasant misfire of a limited seriesis it everfeels more like slow death as it ..
Tv Insider
4.5
While Im not too keen on watching Daniel Craig hang up his sharp tuxedo yet, The Night Managers first episode makes a very compelling case for Hiddles ..
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