The eagerly-anticipated second series of Motherland spin-off Amandaland has hit screens - to deafening applause from critics. Lucy Punch's performance was lavished with praise although her mother Felicity, played by Joanna Lumley, and Philippa Dunne, who stars as downtrodden Anne, were deemed 'magnetic' and 'sterling' as her supporting characters. Series two sees attention-hungry Amanda has found her metier as an online influencer. It doesn't matter that, since she doesn't have any followers, she's not actually influencing anyone. She has a lifestyle brand and 'it's all she needs'. Reviewers have likened the character to comedy icons The Office's David Brent and Steve Coogan's legendary Alan Partridge in their cringeworthy lack of self-awareness, arrogance and poorly-hidden deep insecurities. On the subject, The Guardian's Rachel Aroesti writes: 'Amanda slots neatly into a lineage of British comedy icons; file her next to the delusional, narcissistic, indefatigable likes of Alan Partridge and David Brent.' The Independent's Katie Rosseinsky joined in the praise, with four stars: 'It’s relatively straightforward comic fodder, but the jokes are sharp and sometimes unexpectedly dark enough to puncture the cosiness (“Have you been DBS checked?” Amanda’s colleague at her “co-lab” asks her, before she promptly spits back: “Women can’t be paedophiles, Daniel!”). 'And Punch, with her huge smile and doe eyes, manages to make even Amanda’s absurdities and insecurities endearing. Huw Fullerton for Radio Times writes: 'That aside, this second series is a comedy triumph; a winning confluence of characters, plotting and gag-writing that makes a sitcom worth returning to... The Lucy Punch-fronted comedy has been branded 'a triumph', 'defiantly daft' and 'the BBC's best sitcom by a mile' in a slew of four and five star reviews.
The eagerly-anticipated second series of Motherland spin-off Amanda land has hit screens - to deafening applause from critics. Lucy Punch 's performance was lavished with praise although her mother Felicity, played by Joanna Lumley , and Philippa Dunne , who stars as downtrodden Anne, were deemed 'magnetic' and 'sterling' as her supporting characters.
Series two sees attention-hungry Amanda has found her metier as an online influencer. It doesn't matter that, since she doesn't have any followers, she's not actually influencing anyone. She has a lifestyle brand and 'it's all she needs'. Reviewers have likened the character to comedy icons The Office's David Brent and Steve Coogan's legendary Alan Partridge in their cringeworthy lack of self-awareness, arrogance and poorly-hidden deep insecurities.
On the subject, The Guardian's Rachel Aroesti writes: 'Amanda slots neatly into a lineage of British comedy icons; file her next to the delusional, narcissistic, indefatigable likes of Alan Partridge and David Brent.
' The Independent's Katie Rosseinsky joined in the praise, with four stars: 'It’s relatively straightforward comic fodder, but the jokes are sharp and sometimes unexpectedly dark enough to puncture the cosiness (“Have you been DBS checked? ” Amanda’s colleague at her “co-lab” asks her, before she promptly spits back: “Women can’t be paedophiles, Daniel! ”).
'And Punch, with her huge smile and doe eyes, manages to make even Amanda’s absurdities and insecurities endearing. Huw Fullerton for Radio Times writes: 'That aside, this second series is a comedy triumph; a winning confluence of characters, plotting and gag-writing that makes a sitcom worth returning to... The Lucy Punch-fronted comedy has been branded 'a triumph', 'defiantly daft' and 'the BBC's best sitcom by a mile' in a slew of four and five star reviews
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