The Riches - Season 1
starring: Minnie Driver, Eddie Izzard
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British comedian Eddie Izzard (Glorious, Dressed to Kill brings his raffish charisma to The Riches, a sneaky satirical drama about a family of con artists who lie their way into a wealthy gated community. Wayne and Dahlia Malloy (Izzard and Minnie Driver, Grosse Pointe Blank) are travelers--a kind of American gypsies--who get in trouble with their clan and have to hit the road with their three kids (Shannon Woodward, Noel Fisher, and Aidan Mitchell). When a confrontation with other travelers causes a deadly car accident, the Malloys take over the dead couple's brand-new home--a mansion bought over the Internet--and assume the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Rich. The premise stretches plausibility, but that's part of the fun; any successful con game forces the mark to accept something absurd, because why would anyone tell such a preposterous lie? The pleasure of trickery drives the show. Wayne weasels his way into a job as lawyer to an obnoxious real estate developer; Dahlia persuades a private school to admit her kids after the admission deadline; and the kids find their skills serve them well in the surface-obsessed suburban world. But over the course of the thirteen-episode season, the Malloys' wily architecture of lies grows increasingly precarious, constantly threatened by fear of exposure and vengeful travelers. The final episode builds to a nerve-wracking crisis as someone who actually knows the dead couple comes to visit. Ironically, some of the most compelling moments are flashes of honesty--in an early episode, oldest son Cael realizes that the traveler girl he loves has set him up, and the two stare at each other across a diner table, wordlessly brokenhearted. The entire cast is great--Woodward shines as smart, conflicted daughter Di Di, and Margo Martindale (Paris, je t'aime, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) routinely steals scenes as the Rich's unhappy neighbor. But The Riches rests on Izzard's shoulders; though Driver's acting chops are more polished (and her Southern accent is more consistent), Izzard captures the soul of a man who lives by his wits, a man who navigates the world with a wink and a stream of beguiling words. The Riches - Season 1 includes a couple of chatty commentaries and flimsy featurettes, but the best extra is a series of short webisodes of Izzard teaching Woodward and Fisher assorted cons; the family chemistry is delightful. --Bret Fetzer
Beyond The Riches: Season One
Stills from The Riches: Season One
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British comedian Eddie Izzard (Glorious, Dressed to Kill brings his raffish charisma to The Riches, a sneaky satirical drama about a family of con artists who lie their way into a wealthy gated community. Wayne and Dahlia Malloy (Izzard and Minnie Driver, Grosse Pointe Blank) are travelers--a kind of American gypsies--who get in trouble with their clan and have to hit the road with their three kids (Shannon Woodward, Noel Fisher, and Aidan Mitchell). When a confrontation with other travelers causes a deadly car accident, the Malloys take over the dead couple's brand-new home--a mansion bought over the Internet--and assume the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Rich. The premise stretches plausibility, but that's part of the fun; any successful con game forces the mark to accept something absurd, because why would anyone tell such a preposterous lie? The pleasure of trickery drives the show. Wayne weasels his way into a job as lawyer to an obnoxious real estate developer; Dahlia persuades a private school to admit her kids after the admission deadline; and the kids find their skills serve them well in the surface-obsessed suburban world. But over the course of the thirteen-episode season, the Malloys' wily architecture of lies grows increasingly precarious, constantly threatened by fear of exposure and vengeful travelers. The final episode builds to a nerve-wracking crisis as someone who actually knows the dead couple comes to visit. Ironically, some of the most compelling moments are flashes of honesty--in an early episode, oldest son Cael realizes that the traveler girl he loves has set him up, and the two stare at each other across a diner table, wordlessly brokenhearted. The entire cast is great--Woodward shines as smart, conflicted daughter Di Di, and Margo Martindale (Paris, je t'aime, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) routinely steals scenes as the Rich's unhappy neighbor. But The Riches rests on Izzard's shoulders; though Driver's acting chops are more polished (and her Southern accent is more consistent), Izzard captures the soul of a man who lives by his wits, a man who navigates the world with a wink and a stream of beguiling words. The Riches - Season 1 includes a couple of chatty commentaries and flimsy featurettes, but the best extra is a series of short webisodes of Izzard teaching Woodward and Fisher assorted cons; the family chemistry is delightful. --Bret Fetzer
Beyond The Riches: Season One
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Rating: - Riches
The Riches is portrays suspension of disbelief at its best! You have to see it to be"lie"ve it.
Rating: - Awsome!
Love watching Eddie Izzard, he is just amazing. Very off beat and funny. A very addicting show...awsome ......
Rating: - The Riches Could Live Next Door to You
I loved the darkly comedic series The Riches. If you like Eddie Izzard you will love to follow his reasoning in the way he leads his family to where they are today.I'm waiting for FX to let us see the remainder of the series that was cut short by the writers strike.
Rating: 
- Well done culture conversion
Lawyers are liars, thieves and criminals. Private schools are racist andelitist. Developers, businesspeople of all types are alcoholic, deviant, hypocritical scum who love their guns and have big issues in bed. Did I leave out corrupt and backstabbing?Oh yes, the entire middle and upper class population of women are frustrated, drug addicted, sex starved wretches. And to top it off they are all such idiots that they can ALL be conned, ALL the time, by the only loyal and honorable people around, ... Read More
Rating: - The Riches Rocks!
I am currently deployed in Iraq. I watched a couple episodes before I deployed and had to watch the rest of the season that I missed so I purchased season one to watch on deployment. It was very good and helped me to help time go by. The Riches had me guessing and I had to watch the next episode right away. If you like to stay on your toes then watch the Riches. You'll enjoy it.
- RichesThe Riches is portrays suspension of disbelief at its best! You have to see it to be"lie"ve it.
- Awsome!Love watching Eddie Izzard, he is just amazing. Very off beat and funny. A very addicting show...awsome ......
- The Riches Could Live Next Door to YouI loved the darkly comedic series The Riches. If you like Eddie Izzard you will love to follow his reasoning in the way he leads his family to where they are today.I'm waiting for FX to let us see the remainder of the series that was cut short by the writers strike.
- Well done culture conversionLawyers are liars, thieves and criminals. Private schools are racist andelitist. Developers, businesspeople of all types are alcoholic, deviant, hypocritical scum who love their guns and have big issues in bed. Did I leave out corrupt and backstabbing?Oh yes, the entire middle and upper class population of women are frustrated, drug addicted, sex starved wretches. And to top it off they are all such idiots that they can ALL be conned, ALL the time, by the only loyal and honorable people around, ... Read More
- The Riches Rocks!I am currently deployed in Iraq. I watched a couple episodes before I deployed and had to watch the rest of the season that I missed so I purchased season one to watch on deployment. It was very good and helped me to help time go by. The Riches had me guessing and I had to watch the next episode right away. If you like to stay on your toes then watch the Riches. You'll enjoy it.
