SummaryBig Mick (Tom Davis) and his friends Albert (Allan Mustafa), Sidney (Steve Stamp), and Phil (Hugo Chegwin) plan to steal £50,000 in cash but find gold worth more than £30 million in 1980s East London instead in this British comedy crime drama.
[Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 6 Feb 2022 and in the US on BritBox on 7 Nov 2022]
The Curse
Season 1 Premiere:
Feb 6, 2022
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86% Positive
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Nov 15, 2022
100
However compelling the heist itself is, first and foremost this is just a brilliantly funny comedy, and the laughs keep on coming at a very impressive rate throughout. ... This show is a real treat.
Nov 15, 2022
100
Unlike the not-that-lovable rogues, the creators of The Curse clearly have a very good idea of what they’re about, and their plan is seamlessly executed to highly amusing effect. They deserve a reward for recovering such an impressive haul of comedy gold.
Nov 15, 2022
100
Davis and De Frond seem primed to move on to movies before too long – with The Curse, they continue to make fabulous TV comedy look easy.
Sep 10, 2024
80
The first series (just) edges it, but it’s still (pun intended) comedy gold.
Nov 6, 2023
80
It is all very silly in an old-fashioned, farcical way, but also funny with proper lol moments, as you'd expect from the team behind People Just Do Nothing.
Nov 15, 2022
80
These people, Natasha told us, were “just existing, like bit parts in someone else’s story” and you got the impression that perhaps just around the corner, a slick Guy Ritchie-esque heist was underway. But in this story, it was all about the underdogs – and who doesn’t love an underdog?
Nov 15, 2022
60
The Curse is an old riff, being played lovingly and skillfully, over a record you’ve heard many times before.
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Feb 7, 2024
6
All strong women aside, it's a decent show. Pretty funny and well written. The issue is, it is just way too dependent on the strong woman trope. Basically any man in the script is incompetent and only used for humor. Or so bafoonish, they render themselves obsolete within the first episode or two.
At the end of the day, it's still pretty entertaining and won't leave you regretting spending your time watching it.
