Matthew Macfadyen

Spooks- The End of an Era

Tonight was the 10th and final series for Spooks. It began with Tom Quinn and ended him, too. Here are some of the comments made:

Telegraph

Was that Matthew Macfadyen turning up right at the end for a valedictory cameo to whack a Russian? (It was.)

Daily Mail

The buzz around Spooks reminded me that, when it first aired in spring 2002, it was every woman’s fantasy to go out with the fictional MI5 agent Tom Quinn, played by Matthew Macfadyen.

Guardian

And then, of course, we come to our mystery star guest. The return of Tom Quinn, now apparently working as an MI6 assassin but still with a nice line in stylish jackets. Obviously it made no sense at all. Obviously it was super cheesy. But obviously I completely loved it – despite knowing it was coming.

(A comment left on the Guardian review is too irresistable not to post here:)

...but as a viewer from the very beginning I bid Spooks a sad farewell. And Tom's return, despite making no sense given the reasons behind his departure from the grid, was a wonderful nod to long-standing fans. For a moment I thought we had cut to a Marks & Spencer commercial but was delighted to realise Tom Quinn was back.

Spooks/MI5

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A Few More Macfadyen comments from critics

Mia was able to compile some comments from the multitude of reviews that have been published about The Three Musketeers:

-Of the Three Musketeers, who voice their motto, “All for one, one for all,” several times in the movie without sincerity, only Matthew Macfadyen’s Athos exhibits the semblance of a personality.-

-Matthew Macfadyen plays Athos, and his cask-of-aged-port voice is the movie’s best special effect.-

-Waltz is naturally superb as baddie Richelieu, as is Mad Mikklesen as the leader of his guard but MacFadyen was the draw for me. Love the MacF and it was nice beyond words to see him playing an action hero.-

Three Musketeers Reviews

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Vancouver Sun Review of The Three Musketeers

Loved the following portion of the review from the Vancouver Sun:

At a very basic level, this film will appeal to tweens the world over, because it shows a young person doing incredible things in a credible way. But what makes this piece of matinee fluff a little bit more fun than your average poofy-pants movie is the veteran cast that includes British character actors Luke Evans, Matthew Macfadyen and Ray Stevenson - Aramis, Athos and Porthos, respectively.
These three men can generate so much depth of emotion in such short strokes, we have to stand back and give them room to move. Every turn of phrase seems to come with a matching twist of the knife, ensuring all the physical swordplay is matched by verbal shadow moves.
There's endless winks to genre, but Macfadyen deserves a little extra praise for really selling the subplot of the double-dealing romantic interest, played by Milla Jovovich, in yet another scenery-swallowing encounter. Macfadyen almost tears up when the woman he loves sells him out for diplomatic immunity and a diamond necklace.