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Critic Reviews
Mar 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
“Parish” benefits greatly from a keen sense of pacing. The filmmakers know exactly how much time to devote to various subplots before returning to the main story lines that have Gray at the center. .... The supporting cast is excellent, but this is Giancarlo Esposito’s vehicle, and he’s in command throughout.
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Mar 25, 2024
Season 1 Review:
For what it’s worth, I know my dad will love it, and perhaps that’s enough to justify its existence and a potential follow-up the finale evidently prepares in case AMC decides to renew it for another year. But if you’re used to such high-standard crime dramas as Breaking Bad, Your Honor, or Ozark, there’s a chance you’ll find it a little lacking the same way I did.
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The Daily BeastApr 1, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Without Esposito, Parish would be a far less intriguing affair. He keeps the series afloat when it struggles to live up to its potential after the halfway point, and even when it’s running on fumes, it crosses the finish line without completely squandering the goodwill it crafted at its start.
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Mar 29, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Mr. Esposito is his usual soulful self; Bonnie Mbuli makes a good impression as Shamiso, the Horse's wise and wily older sister. One can imagine that "Parish" had its problems as a production, but much of what's wrong here is about a lack of grace. Cut-away moments that illustrate Gray's lingering grief are too many and too much; the arty sequences are often enough art-free; and there's a sense of tires spinning as Gray gets sucked into an ornately felonious set of circumstances.
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Mar 28, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Parish is essentially two shows in one. The fresher, more compelling of the pair follows Horse and his siblings, brash brother Zenzo Tongai (Ivan Mbakop) and shrewd sister Shamiso Tongai (Bonnie Mbuli), as they make power plays in a New Orleans criminal underworld. .... Less captivating but more central to the plot is Gray’s “one last job” arc.
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Mar 25, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Having Esposito in the driver’s seat prevents Parish from spinning out altogether, and there are moments of cool style, like Gray and Colin joyriding through the night to the sound of Otis Redding’s “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember.” But a more streamlined, smartly constructed version of the series could have gotten much more mileage.
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Apr 1, 2024RogerEbert.comMar 27, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The supporting cast here isn’t horrible, and gets richer in the last episode in a way that’s clearly designed to set up the next season—it’s more the mediocre writing that seems to be literally fighting with Esposito. The fact that he makes this clichéd character and the show around him interesting as often as he does is just another testament to his skill set. You’ll just wish it was in service of a show that had a better idea of what to do with its star.
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Apr 1, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Obvious clues and disjointed dialogue give the series a haphazard flow that will make it challenging for viewers to see it through the end. With so many storylines, characters and revelations, “Parish” loses its plot, and even the prowess of Esposito can’t save it from feeling like a cobbled-together journey with no distinct destination.
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