Beautiful. Hilarious. Smart. And yes, Mr Cumberbatch is perfect for the role.

high quality production, mostly on location, no cgi, highest grade acting, very dark and sometimes depressing

Benedict Cumberbatch is a brilliant, elastic, mercurial performer, but, beyond the acting challenges it offered I saw no point to this story. I give this series a 5 (meh) out of 10, and, uncharacteristically, gave up on it after 1 episode. [Drama, definitely not a Comedy - despite the billing]

Lovely writing and directing, great production values, excellent acting, this is a deep, entertaining, fascinating show.

This literally emerged from a guy saying "I've been through a lot of shit, my life could be a novel" which is something we all think at some point in our lives, only this time the guy ACTUALLY wrote it. Not only one but five novels. And these are the five episodes based on those novels. Enjoy the pointless tragedy of a random depressed guy.

The fall of an aristocracy, and the sins of their fathers.

I kind of want my 5 hours back.

Benedict Cumberbatch's best performance and the show is painfully good!
硬要指摘的话缺点也只有1.拍的英国场景太美国2.每集BC都要歇斯底里一下感觉有点刻意展示演技>_> 其余我觉着这是一部画面精美，讲述“恶”与“恨”的世代相传且无法战胜的黑暗故事，绿色小蜥蜴的设计独出匠心

This show really does its work.

Brilliantly acted; equal parts hilarious and harrowing

Directed by Edward Berger, and written for the screen by David Nicholls, this five-part miniseries is based on the semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St Aubyn. Published between 1992 and 2011, the five novels (Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and At Last), were essentially part of St Aubyn's rehabilitation, as he battled a crippling series of addictions stemming from sexual abuse at the hands of his father when he was a child. The series has its flaws, and I don't know if it was an advantage or a disadvantage that I hadn't read the novels before watching it, but Benedict Cumberbatch's fearless portrayal of the various stages of addiction and recovery is good enough to paper over (most of) the cracks.

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