The Riches

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Season 1
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 12, 2007
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 30
  3. Negative: 2 out of 30
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Critic Reviews

  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: John Leonard
    60
    I suppose some of it is funny, as in a Kafka/Beckett/Pinter soft-shoe shuffle of grotesques. Still, what’s so far much more mesmerizing about The Riches is class war and caste hate.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    60
    [It] vacillates between riveting and middling.
  3. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Nancy Franklin
    60
    While the ideas behind “The Riches” are often satisfyingly satirical, Izzard’s role—he plays Wayne Malloy, a husband and a father of three, eager to escape the marginal life that he and his family have been living—is stagy and overblown.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    50
    There are more than a few problems here.
  6. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    50
    "The Riches" certainly has some rich elements -- there's even a little dark humor, just not enough of it -- but in early episodes, the show remains wobbly as it tries to find its footing.
  7. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    40
    The Riches is hard to believe and not much easier to embrace.
  8. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    40
    Despite two fine leading performances by Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver and a premise that's not like anything else on television, there's something missing in the execution.
  9. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    40
    There's greatness begging to be grasped here, and nobody has a handle on it.

Awards & Rankings

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#32 Best TV Season of 2007
39
#39 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
39
#39 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

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User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 82 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 82
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 82
  3. Negative: 23 out of 82
  1. Grandma1954
    Jun 15, 2013
    10
    Loved the Riches wish there was more it explored humans struggle of what is enough and they find out
    stuff does not make you happy love does    Loved the Riches wish there was more it explored humans struggle of what is enough and they find out
    stuff does not make you happy love does you could be the poorest person on earth but you might be the happyest because if you loose your stuff but still have your family your Rich with Love    … Full Review »
  2. Tss5078
    Feb 23, 2013
    8
    The Riches is the most recent TV show I've been watching from my Netflix que, and I have one question. How in the world could they cancel it!?The Riches is the most recent TV show I've been watching from my Netflix que, and I have one question. How in the world could they cancel it!? More people watched the premier of The Riches than ever watched an episode of the Shield or Rescue Me. It's also got to be one of the most creative shows I've ever seen!

    The show centers around the Molloy family, a family of modern day gypsies. Today is a big day for them as the matriarch of their family is being released from jail, after serving a two year sentence. A big party is thrown for her and all seems well in the Molloy family, but things aren't what they seem. The Molloy family is forced to leave their camp. Wayne (Eddie Izzard) is not going empty handed thou. Before leaving he cracks the camp leaders safe and takes a substantial amount of money.

    Once on the road, they run into another family from camp, that had been oblivious to what was going on. It doesn't take them long to realize something isn't right, but before they can confront them, the Molloy's take off and a big highway RV chase begins. During the chase a passing motorist and his wife are killed. The man and woman are Doug and Shrine Rich, and they are on their way to a new home in Eden Falls. Doug was a savvy lawyer, who made a fortune at the expense of others. On this day he and his new wife were on the run also, moving away from everyone and everything they've ever known to move to a new state and into a new house they bought on the internet. Thanks to paper work in the car, Wayne Molloy quickly realizes who these people were and where they were going. It is then that he decides it's time to stop travelling the country and settle into a nice, normal, "buffer", lifestyle. Living in Eden Falls as Doug and Shrine.

    Along with their 3 kids, the Molloy's try to adapt from being a family of travelers to a family of wealth and stability. The show is amazing! There are so many twist and turns, cons and jokes, ups and downs, It's so well written with an outrageous cast of characters, and most important of all, a storyline I promise you have never seen before! The show was cancelled by FX in late 2008, but both seasons are available on Netflix, and according to Wikipedia, Eddie Izzard and the show's creator are currently working on a full length feature film. If you want something different crossing comedy, drama, and action, then I'd say The Riches are for you!    … Full Review »
  3. elainef.
    Nov 9, 2007
    10
    I miss The Riches. One of the funniest shows I've ever seen...clever, satirical,fabulous acting. Come back soon.
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