{"id":165794,"date":"2025-09-24T12:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165794\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:34:12","slug":"critics-slow-horses-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165794\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics: Slow Horses | Critics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Slow<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is glorious fun, a taut, twisty and enjoyable thriller laced with so many funny moments. Gary Oldman continues to be mesmerising to watch, even when hoofing down a fried breakfast or letting rip one of his trademark bottom whispers.\u201d
Ben Dowell, The Times<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe first episode of the new series suggests we\u2019re in for another darkly comic thrill ride as good as any of the previous outings.\u201d
Neil Armstrong, The i<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe performances remain superb, the script is as sharp as they come, and the comedy\/action balance is handled beautifully.\u201d
Chris Bennion, The Independent<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSlow Horses is unusual: a long-running show that hasn\u2019t had a drop-off in quality. There is a supreme sense of confidence about the way it is put together. Let\u2019s hope they can keep it up.\u201d
Anita Singh, The Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSeason five isn\u2019t really about white nationalists, or environmental activists, or hostile foreign actors, and yet it is also about all of those things, all at once. As a result, it is overstuffed and strangely lacking in substance. Worse still, people-pleasing agent River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) has undergone a personality bypass, and spends much of the series acting in a way that can only be described as unnervingly dickish.\u201d
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