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The Assassin review – will anybody save Keeley Hawes from this unbearably pathetic boy?

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 6 Nov 2026, 08:01 UTC. The headline in use is “The Assassin review – will anybody save Keeley Hawes from this unbearably pathetic boy?”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The star is excellent in her return as a midlife assassin. But her whiny son is so annoying, the drama disintegrates into a soggy spy sitcom – he might just have killed the whole show So there’s an assassin, right?
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The Assassin review – will anybody save Keeley Hawes from this unbearably pathetic boy?
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