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Television · 2016
The Young Pope
Newly elected American cardinal Lenny Belardo ascends to the papacy as Pius XIII, confronting the Vatican establishment with reactionary theological doctrine and unpredictable reclusiveness.
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The Young Pope – HBO, Canal+ and Sky’s latest multinational piece of “Wow. Just… wow” – comes courtesy of Italian creator-director Paolo Sorrentino, sometime darling of Cannes and Oscars, and it might just be the most astonishing piece of television to grace our screens this 2016, a year not devoid of contenders.
Euan Ferguson on The Guardian What a gorgeous and gripping series The Young Pope has been. It is not surprising, coming from the director of such visually arresting films as Youth and The Great Beauty, but Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino’s first adventure on the small screen has been far more than just a pretty picture.
Rebecca Nicholson on The Guardian It’s a carefully layered millefeuille of madnesses. But mostly its power is due to Jude Law. It’s a lacerating performance – his young pope is brutally calculating, occasionally almost charming and never less than terrifying.
Lucy Mangan on The Guardian
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