The Gentlemen (2024)
Ambition can't be tamed.
When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 7 March 2024 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Crime |
| Created by | Guy Ritchie |
| Starring | Theo James, Kaya Scodelario and Daniel Ings |
| Seasons | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Episode length | about 49 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 13 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.9/10 |
Where to watch The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen is streaming on Netflix ($17.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Netflix, or $17.99 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
The Gentlemen is a crime comedy drama that asks how long a guest can stay before the host realizes the guest owns the house. Created by Guy Ritchie, it stars Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, and Daniel Ings. The series runs 13 hours across 2 seasons and 16 episodes. It moves at the pace of a polite argument that suddenly involves a gun. It is for viewers who find class warfare funny when it is literal.
What the critics said
Critics leaned toward approval, though not universally. Rotten Tomatoes reports a 75% approval rating from 74 reviews, averaging 7.0 out of 10. Metacritic lands on 66 out of 100, which counts as generally favorable. The consensus notes the film is slick and fun, even if it does not expand on the original. Anita Singh of The Telegraph called it "everything you want from a Guy Ritchie caper." Lucy Mangan of The Guardian saw "a lot of daft stories crammed together," a verdict that likely pleased fans of Ritchie’s earlier work.
How it did with audiences
On TMDB, users rate the film 7.9 out of 10. That number sits where a quiet endorsement belongs. The box office data is absent, so the verdict rests on the score alone. It’s a solid mark for a heist that refuses to be a standard entry in its genre. The numbers suggest the room was convinced, even if the studio kept the receipts in a drawer.
What came next for the cast
Theo James stepped away from the Divergent sequels to face a monkey and a robot. Daniel Ings moved from a pirate ship to a sex-ed clinic, then straight into a fantasy realm. Kaya Scodelario left the maze and the Caribbean for a suspicious cabin. The credits list the projects; they do not measure the pivot. Sometimes a single film is just a hinge, not a door.
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Sources
- The Gentlemen on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q115860329 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Gentlemen (2024 TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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