{"id":5702,"date":"2024-10-15T12:38:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T12:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/?p=5702"},"modified":"2024-10-15T19:11:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T19:11:12","slug":"jilly-coopers-daft-bonk-fest-rivals-lands-a-huge-rotten-tomatoes-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/15\/jilly-coopers-daft-bonk-fest-rivals-lands-a-huge-rotten-tomatoes-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Jilly Cooper\u2019s daft bonk-fest Rivals lands a huge Rotten Tomatoes score"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rivals isn\u2019t far off a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes\u2019 review aggregator the Tomatometer (Picture: Sanne Gault\/Disney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dame Jilly Cooper\u2019s<\/a> bonkbuster Rivals<\/a> has been given an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score days before it is released on Disney<\/a> Plus.<\/p>\n

Set in the 1980s, the drama <\/a>follows Tony Baddingham (David Tennant<\/a>) and Rupert Campbell-Black\u2019s (Alex Hassell) rivalry that begins to affect the day-to-day operations of a major TV network.<\/p>\n

Starring an ensemble cast including Emily Atack<\/a>, Aidan Turner<\/a> and Danny Dyer<\/a>, Rivals also follows the romantic entanglements among Britain\u2019s social elite and workplace relations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the show\u2019s premiere on Disney Plus on Friday, it has been awarded 90% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes\u2019 famous Tomatometer from 10 critics.<\/p>\n

In The Times<\/a>, Carol Midgley told viewers to prepare to \u2018buckle up\u2019 for a \u2018daft but highly entertaining watch.\u2019<\/p>\n

Nick Curtis for the Evening Standard <\/a>wrote: \u2018Rivals is gloriously trashy and arch, the epitome of guilty-pleasure TV, everyone smoking and smirking in between the schtupping.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\"David<\/div>
The show has been called \u2018daft\u2019 but \u2018highly entertaining\u2019 by critics (Picture: Disney\/Robert Viglasky. All Rights Reserved)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In The Guardian<\/a>, Stuart Heritage said: \u2018We are living through an age of especially dour television\u2026 In this context, Rivals feels like nothing less than an explosion. We should all be extremely glad it\u2019s here.\u2019<\/p>\n

Emily, who plays Sarah Stratton<\/a>, previously spoke to Metro<\/strong> about her experience of filming nude scenes on Rivals, which she described as \u2018liberating.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Inbetweeners star said: \u2018Sometimes you do become so relaxed that you are just sometimes sitting there with your knockers out, and you go, \u201cOh, right, okay, God, I\u2019ve forgotten to put my robe on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emily attributes her comfort on Rivals to her \u2018amazing\u2019 crew, director, co-stars and intimacy co-ordinators. Morale was so high and bonds tightly formed that they would give each other a pat on the back after filming intimate scenes.<\/p>\n

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Rivals follows the various romantic entanglements among the British country elite (Picture: Sanne Gault)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It also explores the cut-throat world of the 1980s TV industry (Picture: Disney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018We all spoke about our nudity scenes and all spoke to each other and after we\u2019d all done a nudity scene we\u2019d all give each other a hug,\u2019 she explained.<\/p>\n

However, Emily admitted she did have some pre-filming jitters but had consented to the nudity in Rivals- and was fully aware of what she had signed up for.<\/p>\n

She said: \u2018It\u2019s scary when you have to do something like that, for sure. But I just think: I\u2019m exactly where I need to be and I\u2019m behaving as I should.<\/p>\n

\u2018This is a role that I\u2019ve been cast in. It\u2019s a scene that I signed a contract for that I said I was comfortable with.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Rivals showrunners said it featured \u2018a willy for every pair of tits\u2019 (Picture: Robert Viglasky\/\u00a9 2023 Disney. All Rights Reserved)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rivals showrunner Dominic Treadwell-Collins\u00a0previously promised that Rivals would be full of the kind of sex scenes typical of the book \u2013 and the gender balance will ensure \u2018a willy for every pair of tits.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019ve been equal opportunities in our nudity,\u2019 Dominic told\u00a0The Times<\/a>\u00a0in an interview. \u2018There\u2019s a willy for\u00a0every pair\u00a0of tits.\u2019<\/p>\n

Rivals is the second book of Dame Jilly\u2019s Rutshire Chronicles, which started with Riders in 1986, and now consists of 11 novels in total.<\/p>\n

The most recent of which, Tackle!, was published in 2023, after 2016\u2019s Mount!, 2010\u2019s Jump!, 2006\u2019s Wicked!, and 2002\u2019s Pandora, which was the first in the series to be released in the 21st century.<\/p>\n

In the 1990s, the novels Score!, Appassionata, and The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, and Polo continued the series after Rivals and Riders were published in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Rivals is available to stream on Disney Plus from Friday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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