The Gentlemen Season Two Review: Ridiculous Yet Comforting Crime Capers

The Gentlemen season two review – these geezers in tweed are irritating, stupid and extremely funny

Guy Ritchie’s crime caper is back with the usual hijinks, swearing and men shaking their fists. But its ridiculousness is strangely comforting – and Theo James’s beefcake Eddie is so bland that he is fascinating to observe He lives in a house, a very big house in the country. He has pectorals the size of Bentleys and wears plus-fours so voluminous they could accommodate his fleet of gundogs and still provide room for snarling groundskeeper Geoff (“I would do anyfink for you an’ this famlee”)....

By Sarah Dempster