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Pistol
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The story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.
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Cast of Miniseries
Toby Wallace
Steve Jones
Anson Boon
John Lydon
Christian Lees
Glen Matlock
Sydney Chandler
Chrissie Hynde
Talulah Riley
Vivienne Westwood
Maisie Williams
Jordan
Emma Appleton
Nancy Spungen
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Malcolm McLaren
Jacob Slater
Paul Cook
Craig Pearce
Executive Producer
Steve Jones
Executive Producer
Danny Boyle
Executive Producer
Tracey Seaward
Executive Producer
Gail Lyon
Executive Producer
Anita Camarata
Executive Producer
Paul Lee
Executive Producer
Hope Hartman
Executive Producer
Kave Quinn
Production Design
Emily Norris
Art Direction
Kiera Tudway
Art Direction
Pistol • Miniseries Ratings & Reviews
Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
Mark Kermode
It is a fairy tale... but there are some very good performances in the fairy tale and the songs work well.
Vague Visages
Peter Bell
Pistol stays true to the chaotic nature of the Sex Pistols and manages to sprinkle in some of that Boyle pop energy.
But Why Tho?
Cidnya Silva
Pistol feels like the center of the punk movement it emulates.
Common Sense Media
Melissa Camacho
Overall, Pistol presents an entertainingly high-strung narrative that shows how a group of "lost" working-class men became one of the most influential bands in music history, and how they attracted other misfits of their generation.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Jen Chaney
Well-acted and often entertaining, but ultimately unsuccessful in harnessing the sense of anarchy that the Sex Pistols famously projected.
Salon.com
Melanie McFarland
What some of us want is a different peek into a revolution, a taste of something real behind all the photos. What we get is another common souvenir, courtesy of a decently wailed version of a ditty we've heard before.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
No punk expertise required to make sense of this flashy six-part series about Johnny Rotten and his bandmates.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
Director Danny Boyle meticulously replicates the period, but despite plenty of sex, drugs, rock and rage, this Hulu presentation feels more like a coffee-table book than a fully realized drama.
TIME Magazine
Judy Berman
In neglecting to trace their legacy into the apocalyptic present, Pistol delivers little more than a competent reenactment.
Slant Magazine
Will Ashton
The limited series invariably captures the fervent vibe of these oversexed, under-prepared rockers.
Variety
Daniel D'Addario
Viewers will yearn for the ballast of clearer insights about the era. But Pistol gets the viscera right.
Rolling Stone
Alan Sepinwall
With its rapidly-shifting visual style and other Boyle-ish flourishes, Pistol clearly aspires to bring some of the same anarchy to the calcified state of the modern prestige TV drama. But it's otherwise yet another cliche-ridden musical biopic.
IndieWire
Steve Greene
Humble origins, stroke-of-luck breakthroughs, unexpected success, internal discord, regret over unfulfilled promise. It's all here, even if it's dressed up in leather and safety pins and a handful of hastily scrawled anarchy symbols for good measure.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Lloyd
Boyle makes "Pistol" feel at once historical and whimsical, present and distant. It's like something out of a storybook.
Newsday
Verne Gay
Warm tea, soggy crumpets and a whole lotta noise.
The Hollywood Reporter
Angie Han
Lots of swagger, little substance.
New York Times
James Poniewozik
This story of yobs spitting gobs turns into a busy production that's as bombastic and overly filigreed as a prog-rock keyboard solo.
AV Club
Matt Schimkowitz
The Sex Pistols were the world's most important band for approximately six months. And for a short time, Boyle's Pistol burns bright, too.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
A big misfire that might even make you like the Sex Pistols less.
San Francisco Chronicle
Chris Vognar
"Pistol" conjures an aesthetic - chaotic, jittery, improvised - that nicely matches its subject.
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