Cracker is a beautiful and brutal cocktail of gruesome entertainment, savage social commentary and unflinching truth, brought to life by the angry genius of writer/creator Jimmy McGovern and the succulently human, career-defining performance of Robbie Coltrane (delightful) as Edward 'Fitz' Fitzgerald. And Robert Carlisle was never better than he was in this. Still sends shivers down my spine watching some of his scenes in this. Twenty years after the transmission of its first episode, Cracker remains one of the most riveting, visceral, and compelling dramas ever to grace the small screen. It shows the world that the UK was capable of out-HBOing HBO even before HBO existed.
This is a "masterpiece" to watch!
This is a "masterpiece" to watch!