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“Young Wallander” was brutally sawn by The Telegraph.
The British newspaper giant compares the Netflix series to “strong-smelling bitter herring.”
“It’s definitely the worst television drama on broadcast TV,” writes critic Chris Bennion.
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Adam Pålsson as “young Wallander”.
“Young Wallander” has not been directly praised by critics since the series was released on Netflix on September 3. Perhaps the hardest is The Telegraph, which in its review saw the series on the young cop Kurt Wallander by the ankles.
The British newspaper begins by calling it “Young Wallander”, which takes place in Malmö with Adam Pålsson in the title role, a “forerunner of the Danish detective series”. Next, critic Chris Bennion chooses the great saw.
“Here we have it ladies and gentlemen, hands down the worst streaming television drama,” writes Bennion, who goes on to say that “if they loved Wallander, they would hate Young Wallander.”
“Creator Ben Harris has taken some of the best ingredients available and created the strongest smelling bitter herring,” writes Bennion.
“Treat viewers like idiots”
The first thing you notice “in the rotten fish jar,” says the writer, is that it takes place today and not in the 1970s, when Henning Mankell’s police character, Kurt Wallander, was young. He also comments that only (“the beautiful”) Adam Pålsson speaks with a Swedish accent while the other actors are British, that the script “treats the audience like idiots” and that the dialogue is “rigid as a board”.
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Adam Pålsson in “Young Wallander”.
The review that gives the series one of five stars ends with a statement that there is none of Wallander’s original DNA in the new production.
“This is a fake, pretend, crime scene,” writes Bennion.
The Guardian is more positive, giving the series three out of five stars – with the objection that it would be more interesting if it took place in the 1970s – and that the women and ethnic minorities from Wallander Police Station in Malmö disappeared from the plot after the first episode.
“Lack of diversity”
“In the second episode, all blacks and women have been pushed aside as Wallander and his stern mentor, Commissioner Hemberg (Richard Dillane) begin the heroic work of the criminal investigation,” writes critic Ellen E Jones.
Entertainment magazine NME gives the series the same rating.
“With a substantial budget and a strong Nordic detective story to build on, Young Wallander is a cleverly crafted thriller,” says Beth Webb, who finds it difficult to identify the target group for the series.
Older fans will likely have to struggle to relate to this modern take. But the story also doesn’t feel appropriate for a younger audience, “he writes.
Aftonbladet Nöje is looking to UK production company for the Yellow Bird series for a comment.
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