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List Price: $39.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 12024
Released: January 8, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 8-JAN-2008
Media Type: DVD
Description of The Riches - Season 1:
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
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The Riches: Season 1 
2009-10-27 - Of all the show that I've watches lately, I must say that this is the best show today. I'm glad that I've own my own copy, so that I can always watch it over and over again.
SEASON ONE WAS GREAT; SEASON TWO NOT SO GREAT
2009-08-18 - I'm reviewing the season which I loved, Season One. This season was so fresh and new in premise that I hung onto each episode. It is great fun from first episode to last. The premise is that Travelers (American gypsies or Roms) substitute themselves for people who were killed in a car crash. They hid the bodies and then rolled into a moderate sized southern town as those people. Since no one in the town knew them, they were able to pull this off. The husband and father was a corporate lawyer and his wife was the perfectly tended 2nd wife. The dead people had no children but they add on their 3 children to the mix. These people have never lived in anything but an RV encampment and have lived on solely their wits for years. They are expert con men, even the children. Now they live in a gated community and must convince everyone in town that they belong. It is always a near thing because, of course, they don't belong but they are excellent cons, both on a computer and off one. Wayne and Dahlia Malloy (Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver) are the husband and wife and parents of this bunch. Eddie Izzard is a very well known British comedian and thus he is perfect for playing a man who has to live by his wits and become someone he's not on a moment's notice. Although everyone else is very good, Izzard is outstanding and it is impossible to picture the show without him. Season Two just did not come together for me like Season One did but I kept watching because Izzard was still so good.
thank you
2009-07-06 - the dvd set was in great condition and it came earlier than expected which is always a pleasant surprise.
thank you
Riches
2009-06-28 - The Riches is portrays suspension of disbelief at its best! You have to see it to be"lie"ve it.
Awsome!
2009-06-26 - Love watching Eddie Izzard, he is just amazing. Very off beat and funny. A very addicting show...awsome ......
