Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Feature Scores
Explore all 48 feature scores for Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, organized into pros and cons.
Scores by Feature
Summary
48 reviewed features-
Very positive 4.5-5.08 (17%)
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Positive 3.5-4.420 (42%)
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Neutral 2.5-3.411 (23%)
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Negative 1.5-2.47 (15%)
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Very negative below 1.52 (4%)
Pros
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Cillian Murphy’s return as Tommy is overwhelmingly praised for its weary stillness, menace, grief, and emotional control; even harsh critics routinely identify him as a major strength.
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The cinematography is the clearest consensus strength, praised for striking light, shadow, mud, rubble, wintry landscapes, and a genuinely cinematic sense of scale.
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The cast is one of the film’s safest bets: even many negative reviews praise the performances, with the central actors repeatedly credited for elevating uneven material.
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The visual presentation is consistently celebrated: smoky interiors, chiaroscuro lighting, slow-motion swagger, period grime, and large-scale wartime imagery make the movie look distinctly cinematic.
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Modern-rock needle drops remain a signature strength and are widely praised for driving emotion and atmosphere. A few reviewers find the choices dated, overly loud, or less appealing outside the iconic theme reprise.
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Tom Harper is frequently praised for confident staging, visual control, suspense, and explosive set pieces. A few reviews fault specific tonal or narrative choices even while admiring the filmmaking.
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Legacy, grief, trauma, memory, family inheritance, and self-definition give the film substantial thematic weight. Critics who resist the movie argue these ideas are compressed, overplayed, or left insufficiently explored.
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The supporting ensemble is generally considered strong, particularly Keoghan, Roth, Rundle, Graham, and Ferguson. The bigger complaint is often that the movie underuses them or gives their characters too little depth.
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The action lands best once Tommy returns to Birmingham, with the pub confrontation, shootouts, explosions, and finale frequently singled out. Critics who wanted more momentum found the action too delayed or the climax predictable.
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As a gangster-period-drama send-off, the movie retains much of the show’s identity and pulp energy. Several critics still feel it plays more like an extended television episode than a fully realized feature.
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Murphy and Keoghan’s father-son dynamic is often described as raw, magnetic, and powerful. A smaller group felt the pair never generated the expected sparks or emotional bond.
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Dark comedy—especially the Garrison grenade sequence and father-son mud fight—provides welcome relief from the gloom. A few detractors find some of the comic touches cheesy rather than sharp.
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The ending is intensely divisive: many call it fitting, powerful, or even perfect closure for Tommy, while others believe it needlessly overturns the stronger symbolism of Season 6.
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The film’s grief-heavy, introspective drama gives Tommy’s final chapter weight for many viewers, though its persistent misery and brooding occasionally overwhelm the entertainment.
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For supporters, the film delivers grief, regret, family conflict, and a powerful farewell with real force. Detractors found key deaths rushed, contrived, or too hollow to land.
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Longtime Peaky Blinders fans are the clearest audience, especially for the callbacks and emotional closure. Reviewers disagree on newcomers: some found the film easy to follow, while others strongly recommend watching the series first.
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Blitz-era Birmingham, grime, rubble, docks, pubs, and warehouses are generally rendered with impressive tactile detail and scale. One negative review thought parts of the production looked like a soundstage.
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The score is repeatedly praised for building dread, atmosphere, and intensity, especially as Tommy’s return pushes the film toward its climax.
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The strongest readings focus on legacy, self-definition, family, and the cost of valuing power over people. One severe critic felt the film squandered the larger sense of purpose built around Tommy.
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The film restores the show’s swagger, music, visual language, and callbacks, satisfying many longtime fans. Others see missing characters and major legacy decisions as betrayals of the series’ established arcs.
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Tommy’s spiritual and gypsy side is praised as one of the most worthwhile expansions of his character in the film.
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The eerie, supernatural-leaning material is praised as some of the eeriest material the franchise has attempted.
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The soundscape can feel forceful and theatrical, with one review highlighting Dolby Atmos impact and another calling the sound design incredible. A major dissent criticizes an aggressive music-to-dialogue mix.
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The return of Tommy’s tailored Peaky Blinders look remains a major visual pleasure, with covetable coats and sharp suiting earning praise. One review found Duke’s modern-looking styling immersion-breaking.
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Some newcomers report following the story surprisingly easily without heavy recaps, but other reviews point to shaky logic or exposition that does too much work.
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The film’s cold-blooded, stylized violence generally fits the franchise’s appeal and is often balanced with swagger or dark humor, though it can edge into grim excess for some viewers.
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The big-screen outing is framed as earned and worth paying for, with the theatrical presentation treated as part of the appeal.
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Aggregated critical reaction is broadly favorable but not uniform, with enthusiasm for craft and performances tempered by repeated complaints about pacing, script compression, and sequel necessity.
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Pacing is the most consistent weakness: the first half is repeatedly described as slow or drawn out, while the later material can feel rushed as too much story is compressed into feature length.
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The central comeback structure, Nazi scheme, and legacy conflict are often described as familiar or clichéd, with several critics saying the film rarely finds a genuinely new plot shape.
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At roughly feature length, the movie often feels too compressed for the number of character turns and plot developments it attempts. Several reviewers explicitly wish the story had been a season or miniseries instead.
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Period immersion is weakened for some by modern-looking styling, oversized stakes, and questionable wartime plausibility. The film’s stylized mythmaking of Tommy also draws skepticism.
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Rewatch interest is sharply polarized: one enthusiastic reviewer immediately wanted another viewing, while several detractors say they would not revisit it and even feel it harms the series’ rewatchability.
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Many reviewers see the movie as a familiar one-last-job epilogue or a reworking of old Peaky Blinders beats. A smaller group praises its bolder choices and fresh generational angle.
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An apparent CGI hat is called conspicuously poor, creating a distracting visual blemish in the effects work.
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An apparent CGI hat is called distractingly bad, standing out as a conspicuous weakness in the effects work.
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The romantic material fares poorly, with Tommy’s sex scene described as cheesy rather than convincing.
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Dialogue receives mixed marks: some reviewers praise sharp lines and economical exposition, while others call it simplistic, clunky, corny, or overly explanatory.
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The script earns credit for themes, twists, and some strong dialogue, but criticism is substantial: exposition, clichés, rushed character work, and compressed plotting repeatedly surface.
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The sexual material draws a negative reaction because Tommy’s sex scene is viewed as cheesy and out of place.
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Hazy reverie-style editorial cuts are criticized as visually cheesy and as interruptions to the otherwise painterly presentation.
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The sombre, gothic, highly stylized mood works for some as a fitting final chapter, but others find the film tonally off, overly miserable, campy, or caught awkwardly between old and new Peaky Blinders.
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Reactions range from gripping, highly enjoyable fan service to dull, hollow, or unnecessary viewing. A common middle ground is that the movie becomes much more entertaining after its slow first half.
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Reviewers appreciate the use of World War II events and the counterfeit-currency plot as historical grounding. Others question specific period details, plausibility, or the sentimental elevation of Tommy within wartime history.
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Tommy’s reckoning with grief and Duke’s struggle with his father’s legacy work for many reviewers, but the compressed format leaves several supporting characters—and, for some, Duke himself—feeling thin or underdeveloped.
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Several set pieces generate strong tension and claustrophobia, especially the pub and tunnel material. Negative reviews say predictability weakens the climax and removes the sharper twists associated with the series.
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For supporters, Birmingham and the Peaky underworld feel convincingly restored and expanded into wartime. Critics miss the old ensemble and argue the newer, thinner supporting world makes the film feel smaller than the series.
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The core legacy-and-war story is compelling and emotionally satisfying for many reviewers, but others call the movie unnecessary, thin, half-baked, or unable to justify rewriting the series’ prior ending.
Cast & Creators
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ActorMurphy is the film’s most consistent acting triumph, with reviewers praising his quiet intensity, exhaustion, menace, grief, and ability to make Tommy compelling even when the script falters.
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CinematographerSteel’s cinematography receives exceptional praise for composition, contrast, light, texture, grime, and a big-screen sense of wartime Birmingham.
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ActorKeoghan is widely praised for giving Duke menace, insecurity, vulnerability, and volatility that can stand opposite Murphy. A minority finds the performance or accent uneven, but the overall response is strongly positive.
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DirectorHarper’s direction is frequently praised for stylish framing, suspense, action staging, and balancing Peaky Blinders swagger with larger cinematic scale, despite scattered complaints about tonal or structural choices.
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ActorRoth is usually praised for a chilling, diabolical, or entertaining villain performance, though some critics feel the film gives Beckett too little time or depth to become a great antagonist.
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WriterKnight’s writing draws a wide range of reactions: admirers praise the themes, plot momentum, and ending, while detractors attack the exposition, clichés, character choices, and sequel logic.
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ActorRundle’s return as Ada is consistently praised when her performance is discussed, with reviewers calling her excellent or striking even as they wish the character had more to do.
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Graham remains a welcome and reliably strong presence, though several reviewers specifically wish the film gave him more material.
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CinematographerHis cinematography work is associated with the film’s chiaroscuro framing and increasingly captivating dark, gloomy look.
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The costume work is singled out for making Tommy’s return to sharp tailoring a defining pleasure, especially the covetable overcoats and precisely cut trousers.
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MusicianHer contribution is part of a highly energetic musical palette that one review says strengthens the film’s darker, more malevolent atmosphere.
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The score and songs are praised for adding dread, scale, and atmosphere to Tommy’s return and the wartime story.
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His musical contribution is praised for adding to the film’s ambience and tone, with the broader soundtrack frequently helping scenes land with more intensity.
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The Blitz-era production design is praised for giving mud, stone, rubble, and wartime England a tactile, expensive-looking physical presence.
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His score and song work is credited with strengthening the film’s dread-filled atmosphere and helping the music carry the story’s tone.
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ActorFerguson’s performance is often welcomed, and some reviewers find her magnetic or highly effective, but her character is repeatedly criticized as underwritten, overly mysterious, or underused.
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His return is described as a delightful visit from the series’ familiar cast, adding welcome continuity to the movie.