Death by Lightning - Reviews

Michael Shannon leads a rollicking elegy for the American experiment.

...an interesting and engaging watch for history buffs who want to learn something new.

This superb drama about US President James Garfield is propulsive and commendably succinct.

...opens with a brain in a jar on the floor while Sly and the Family Stone’s “Everyday People” is playing on the radio. If that’s not a grabber, I don’t know what is.

...absolutely nobody plays losers like Matthew Macfadyen.

Tight plotting also helps maintain interest in a show that telegraphs its end from the start, surprising us instead with unexpected developments before and beyond that key turning point.

...the series takes a subject with a difficult barrier to entry and makes it not only relatable, but genuinely exciting.

...period dramas about politics face as difficult a fight to “cut through” to a wider audience as politicians themselves.

...har två stora styrkor – miniserien berättar en fascinerande historia som få känner till och den har en underbar rollbesättning.