The Little Drummer Girl
A steady, stylish period thriller that highlights the dangerous complications of war
7.0
TV Show
United Kingdom, United States of America
English
Drama, War & Politics
2018
Alexander Skarsgård, Amir Khoury, Clare Holman
55 min
7.0
The Staff
TLDR
Park Chan-wook’s precision, Pugh’s all-in performance, and Le Carre’s political thrills make this series what it is.
What it's about
In 1970s Europe, the Mossad hire Charlie (Florence Pugh), a British actress, to infiltrate the Palestinian militia's ranks
The take
The Little Drummer Girl starts slow, but it's hard to peel your eyes away from the screen when it finally kicks into gear in the third episode. Every frame is packed with style, for one, and Le Carre’s espionage maze reliably thrills for another. Paired with Park Chan-wook’s eye for detail, as seen in modern classics like Oldboy and The Handmaiden, and with Pugh’s all-in performance, The Little Drummer Girl feels a bit more premium than the usual spy thrillers on TV. The elephant in the room, of course, is that this is all set against the backdrop of the Israel-Palestine conflict, manifested here in back-and-forth terrorist and assassination attempts. In this aspect, the series can be quite toothless, though it accurately highlights the hypocrisy of armchair activists like Charlie. “All right, I’m superficial, I get it!” she claims when pressed about her conflicting politics.
What stands out
Enjoying popsicles while a Palestinian prisoner wails in a torture chamber pretty much sums things up, doesn’t it?
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