THE PENGUIN FIRST REVIEWS: CRITICS CALL COLIN FARRELL SERIES A QUALIFIED TRIUMPH
The Penguin, a TV spin-off of the 2022 film The Batman starring Colin Farrell, is set to debut on Max on September 19. Early reviews are already praising it as one of the finest comic book adaptations to date, with many hailing both the story and performances.
The Financial Times called The Penguin compelling and said in a section of its review, "The Penguin arrives with muted expectations. [The] eight-hour digression focusing on mafia footsoldier Oz Cobblepot (aka The Penguin) is competently made and fitfully compelling."
The Hollywood Reporter called it a triumph and mentioned, "The Penguin takes a place in the middle ground of a subgenre that I can never dismiss fully, because every once in a while it yields a Bates Motel or even a Perry Mason (HBO's version), amid too many entries that never find a necessity. Perhaps the biggest question anybody will have about The Penguin is whether Farrell's prosthetics work as a full meal after the amuse-beak of The Batman. In that respect, The Penguin really is a qualified triumph."
TV Line called Colin's central performance 'transformative', stating, "He (Colin Farrell) continues to offer a wonderful, truly transformative performance that is unlike anything else he's done."
"In the end, The Penguin is the tale of a thug who becomes a boss, and the sacrifices he all-too-willingly makes along the way. That it succeeds as thoroughly as it does may be surprising, given its provenance as yet another Batman-without-Batman nugget of Warner's IP," wrote NPR.
Apart from Colin Farrell, The Penguin also stars Cristin Milioti, Clancy Brown, Mark Strong and Ava Grey among others.
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