The Riches

:

Season 1
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 12, 2007
Season #: 2, 1
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
Watch Now

Where To Watch

Stream On
Buy on
Stream On
Stream On
Expand

Review this tv show

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling

User Reviews

view
per page
  1. JoeG
    Mar 14, 2007
    0
    Eddie Izzard's accent continually switches from Southern hick to New York Jew, to NJ wise guy, to cockney chimney swift. Not even the numerous clichés are coherent with one another. The characters are so shallow and fake that you almost can
  2. billk
    Mar 12, 2007
    2
    This show was supposed to be funny? Unbelievable and terrible premise. How else can we glamorize crime.
  3. SDHensley
    Mar 13, 2007
    0
    So disappointed by the show and by the rave reviews although not surprised by the latter given the sad, degenerate state of the general viewing public. One knows that people like this exist but we, or I anyway, don't want to watch them for entertainment, good acting notwithstanding.

Awards & Rankings

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

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
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
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    80
    This is a meaty show about the complex allure of easy wealth and the traps it sets for one’s personal morality.
    Read full review
  2. 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.
    Read full review
  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    20
    My guess is that lots of people are going to rave about how deliciously dark and weird this drama is, but before you believe them, take a minute and imagine Minnie Driver with a fake Southern accent. Now imagine Eddie Izzard with an American accent that's so bad, it makes his voice sound almost computerized. Next, throw in some demonic rednecks straight out of "Deliverance." Are you getting hot yet?
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »