Utopia Uk Tv Series Review
One reason utopia s stylish thriller deserves another outing is its willingness to jump into the ring with such an unconquerable opponent as global overpopulation.

Utopia uk tv series review. Tv review 615 am pdt 9152020 by inkoo kang facebook twitter email me elizabeth morrisamazon prime video too hackneyed to be timely too grim to be escapist. Utopia is tailor made for the cynical. With desmin borges dan byrd john cusack christopher denham.
Those words alone are enough to induce nightmares in anyone who saw the original british tv series of utopia amazon prime which ran for two seasons on channel 4 back in 2013 14. A dutch version of utopia has been broadcast and streamed live on the internet since january 2014. As a snapshot of current society utopia dexterously mitigates the mediagenic compulsion to sensationalize by employing a sublime cast and writing crew.
By mark monahan 15 january 2013 2325 pm. It has become an instant sensation ranking as its networks highest rated unscripted premiere. Even as utopia promises to never ever live up to its name its funhouse mirror reflections of the fault lines religion class politics in our own larger obviously imperfect society make for fascinating tv if only occasionally.
Utopia is a british black comedy conspiracy thriller drama television series that was broadcast on channel 4 from 15 january 2013 to 12 august 2014. Utopia channel 4 review mark monahan reviews utopia channel 4s provocative new drama by playwright dennis kelly. From apathy and sociopathic detachment to metaphysical dread and even humor the show is a vivid mosaic of psychological dissonance and societal decay.
Created by gillian flynn. Amazons remake of the uk series is not a patch on the original gillian flynns adaptation of the cult channel 4 drama has some interesting new ideas but is lacking the style of its. The show was written by dennis kelly and starred fiona oshaughnessy adeel akhtar paul higgins nathan stewart jarrett alexandra roach oliver woollford alistair petrie and neil maskell.