However, it is Anderson’s “jaw-dropping” portrayal as conservative British prime minister Margaret Thatcher that has garnered the most praise.
One fan wrote: “5 minutes into The Crown – Just give Gillian Anderson all the awards now and have done.
Meanwhile, the publication’s film critic Peter Bradshaw shared his views on Twitter in a post that read: “Quite liked The Crown, but Gillian Anderson is playing Margaret Thatcher weirdly far too old for 1979 – almost closer to Meryl Streep’s Alzheimer era.”
Entertainment Weekly called Anderson’s turn as the prime minister “viscerally physical”, while The Oregonian’s Kristi Turnquist described the actor’s performance as “played with clenched jaw virtuosity”.