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Episode 3

Shut Up and Dance

Shut Up and Dance

2016
Drama, Sci-fi
TV Episode
52m
When withdrawn Kenny (Alex Lawther) stumbles headlong into an online trap, he is quickly forced into an uneasy alliance with shifty Hector (Jerome Flynn) - both of them at the mercy of persons unknown. (imdb)

Directed by:

James Watkins
James-Watkins
15 total credits
James Watkins has 15 credits at Criticker, including: The Woman in Black, Eden Lake, The Descent: Part 2 and Shut Up and Dance

Writers:

Charlie Brooker
Charlie-Brooker
32 total credits
Charlie Brooker has 32 credits at Criticker, including: Black Mirror, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, White Christmas and San Junipero
,
William Bridges
William-Bridges
6 total credits
William Bridges has 6 credits at Criticker, including: USS Callister, Shut Up and Dance, Superbob and USS Callister: Into Infinity

Starring:

Susannah Doyle
Susannah-Doyle
3 total credits
Susannah Doyle has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Shut Up and Dance, Drop the Dead Donkey and Ted Bundy: Natural Porn Killer
,
Jerome Flynn
Jerome-Flynn
14 total credits
Jerome Flynn has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Game of Thrones, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Loving Vincent, Shut Up and Dance and Edward II
,
Alex Lawther
Alex-Lawther
20 total credits
Alex Lawther has 20 credits at Criticker, including: The Imitation Game, Black Mirror, The Last Duel, The End of the F***ing World and Andor

Franchise:

Black Mirror

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Shut Up and Dance

2016
Drama, Sci-fi
TV Episode
52m
Avg Percentile 63.42% from 555 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(555)
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Rated 20 Nov 2016
93
85th
Dark, cruel, and relentless. The scariest thing about this episode is that it could happen to anyone right now. And the leads act very believable and sell that idea. One of my favorite episodes
Rated 06 Nov 2016
68
25th
For the record: nobody deserves this kind of treatment. And yet, the last twist probably invites some people to think otherwise and that is unnecessary. Totally unnecassary.
Rated 29 May 2025
56
65th
Seen: 2.
Rated 23 Jul 2024
80
93rd
This was good, really good.
Rated 18 Mar 2021
13
15th
This is stupid as hell and makes no sense at all.
Rated 28 Feb 2021
55
60th
☆ Yeah this is another really clever Black Mirror episode I ended up watching a few times. Super creepy, and puts things into perspective! ☆
Rated 29 Mar 2020
55
56th
The ending doesn't live up to the dancing (yes, the crimes of the protagonists are horrific, I'm not defending that aspect) and the dancing itself is based on a lot of things I had seen before. It's quite well-acted though, and has enough twists to be entertaining.
Rated 28 Jul 2018
74
72nd
The twist in the end was the best!
Rated 22 Mar 2018
55
53rd
On the internet as a place of all-round nastiness. Seems fair.
Rated 02 Aug 2017
78
94th
My favorite of the third season, so fucked up.
Rated 22 Mar 2017
60
72nd
A contemporary Black Mirror that plays out like an average, seen-it-before thriller. That's not necessarily a bad thing - indeed, you're invested in the story throughout, and it certainly poses some interesting moral questions with its plausible scenario - but it doesn't really do anything special, and I was unable to push Die Hard: With A Vengeance out of my mind. Lawther puts in a good shift, but Flynn's somewhat hammy performance exposes his ITV drama roots.
Rated 19 Feb 2017
80
95th
Excellent.
Rated 04 Jan 2017
89
91st
Believable and utterly dark. Not for the faint-hearted.
Rated 31 Dec 2016
75
93rd
All teens and pre teens should be forced to watch this episode. This is the "This is your brain on drugs: Any Questions?" ad campaign from the 80's/90's...but for the dangers of the internet. This is why you should always cover your webcam when fapping, kids. Trolling level is over 9000.
Rated 26 Dec 2016
81
92nd
It''s pretty different to the rest of the series; this is raw and worryingly realistic in that it potentially could happen in today's society, albeit unlikely to this extent I would hope... It's simple yet chilling and worryingly effective
Rated 17 Dec 2016
8
85th
Oddly enough, not the first time I've heard a TV series appropriate Exit Music as the soundtrack to an information age dystopia.
Rated 05 Dec 2016
87
90th
for the lulz
Rated 28 Nov 2016
73
90th
Like "White Bear" and The White Christmas special, only more fully realized, and even more relentless, if that's possible. Black Mirror outdoes itself here. Brace yourself.
Rated 16 Nov 2016
67
29th
I'll take this one with a pinch of salt -- no-one in Kenny's position would go anywhere as far as he goes (unless he was fapping to CP or MLP), but this episode is more light-hearted (in a weirdly dark way) and comes across as less serious (and far less futuristic, this could happen today) than other episodes -- but it's a fun watch and something anyone with a broadband connection can relate to.
Rated 10 Nov 2016
60
26th
A huge change of pace for the series as this is an uber-familiar thriller that fails to innovate or provide satirical insight. I will say the ending caught me off-guard, although it felt like a cheap-shot.
Rated 09 Nov 2016
67
52nd
Doesn't really feel like part of the series without a bigger sci fi idea, but it's solid nonetheless.
Rated 05 Nov 2016
50
29th
Nothing more (and nothing less) than a solid thriller which seems too old-fashioned to belong in this anthology show about the near future.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

James Watkins
James-Watkins
15 total credits
James Watkins has 15 credits at Criticker, including: The Woman in Black, Eden Lake, The Descent: Part 2 and Shut Up and Dance

Writers:

Charlie Brooker
Charlie-Brooker
32 total credits
Charlie Brooker has 32 credits at Criticker, including: Black Mirror, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, White Christmas and San Junipero
,
William Bridges
William-Bridges
6 total credits
William Bridges has 6 credits at Criticker, including: USS Callister, Shut Up and Dance, Superbob and USS Callister: Into Infinity

Starring:

Susannah Doyle
Susannah-Doyle
3 total credits
Susannah Doyle has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Shut Up and Dance, Drop the Dead Donkey and Ted Bundy: Natural Porn Killer
,
Jerome Flynn
Jerome-Flynn
14 total credits
Jerome Flynn has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Game of Thrones, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Loving Vincent, Shut Up and Dance and Edward II
,
Alex Lawther
Alex-Lawther
20 total credits
Alex Lawther has 20 credits at Criticker, including: The Imitation Game, Black Mirror, The Last Duel, The End of the F***ing World and Andor

Franchise:

Black Mirror

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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