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The Riches: Season 1
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 12, 2007
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 58 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Minnie Driver, Bruce French, Noel Fisher
  • Summary: A family of Irish gypsies in Louisiana goes on the lam after a big score, taking on the identity of a wealthy family after the real Riches are killed in an accident.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 30
  3. Negative: 2 out of 30
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    100
    "The Riches" is both unique and intoxicating -- and plenty more.
  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.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    Although not the mess that "Dirt" is, the series is conceptually problematic, and seemingly ill-equipped to go the episodic distance.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 44
  3. Negative: 3 out of 44
  1. elainef.
    10
    I miss The Riches. One of the funniest shows I've ever seen...clever, satirical,fabulous acting. Come back soon.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. MarkK
    5
    This is a comedy? Hopfully things will pick up after this very dramatic dark pilot.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. billk
    2
    This show was supposed to be funny? Unbelievable and terrible premise. How else can we glamorize crime.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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