This review explores the strengths of the HBO Max series 'The Penguin', praising its willingness to delve deeper into Gotham's criminal underworld, Colin Farrell's captivating performance as Oswald Cobblepot, and the complex web of alliances and betrayals that unfolds.
Batman-without-Batman show? Yep. And its willingness to step outside of the comics to dig under the surface makes it one of the best shows of the year.As a concept, Batman-without-Batman is a big slobbery tennis ball, and the culture is the Golden Retriever who keeps dropping it in your lap and looking up at you expectantly. Who could blame you for shooing the mutt away, right? Enough is enough.
In this endeavor he is assisted, reluctantly at first, by young Victor , a would-be criminal who lost his home and his family in the flood. Farrell’s commitment to the bit will turn some viewers off, I suspect. He goes big, and his Oz is a creature of bluster and outsized, ever-shifting moods – never moreso than when he dotes on his mother, played with canny intelligence by the great Deirdre O’Connell. I loved their scenes together, as both actors bring a crackling intensity that made me temporarily forget I was watching Farrell through several layers of prosthetics.
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