If you have seen the movie from 1999 with Matt Damon and Jude Law, there's not much new to be had here. The eight-part series is the exact same story with the exact same twists. In the series some things are left out however, like Dickie impregnating a local woman, who ends up killing herself.
For example: In the movie the boat sequence lasts 4-5 minutes. In the series it lasts more than half an hour using a lot of filler shots and close-up shots of Andrew Scott looking intense.
All actors do a great job, but I'm not buying the triangle of friendship, where one looks like a 50-year old (Tom), the other 30 (Dickie) and the third a teenager (Freddie). That's not good casting.
The series is beautifully lensed and the black and white suits the noir atmosphere perfectly. But I would have loved some twists on a story I already know.
For example: In the movie the boat sequence lasts 4-5 minutes. In the series it lasts more than half an hour using a lot of filler shots and close-up shots of Andrew Scott looking intense.
All actors do a great job, but I'm not buying the triangle of friendship, where one looks like a 50-year old (Tom), the other 30 (Dickie) and the third a teenager (Freddie). That's not good casting.
The series is beautifully lensed and the black and white suits the noir atmosphere perfectly. But I would have loved some twists on a story I already know.