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- 2017
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- 2017
- TV-MA
- Ovation TV
Summary Georgina Clios (Julia Stiles), an American art curator, discovers the dark world her new husband inhabited after he is killed in a yacht explosion in this thriller created by Neil Jordan.
Created By: Neil Jordan
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Ovation TV
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Ovation TV
Riviera
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 15, 2017
45
5.0
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Summary Georgina Clios (Julia Stiles), an American art curator, discovers the dark world her new husband inhabited after he is killed in a yacht explosion in this thriller created by Neil Jordan.
Created By: Neil Jordan
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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67% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
17% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
45
17% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
67% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
17% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Like its opening credits, a dizzying kaleidoscope of villas and fine arts, Riviera spends as much time luxuriating in wealth as it does telling its story, which is a shame because the plot twists intrigue. [15 Sep 2017, p.68]
On its second series, it is still drenched in yachts, helicopters and beautiful people being filthy rich and looking furious about it, and has at its heart a mystery -- that no one in the show has said: "But these characters are all dreadful. Who would care if they had all been blown up on that yacht, preferably painfully?" Indeed, to call some of them two-dimensional might offend cardboard cutouts.
Stiles made for a curiously unengaging protagonist. Blank-faced and monotonal, she was presumably intended to be enigmatic, but instead sucked the life off the screen. Indeed, amid all the pampered beauties and stubbly playboys, it was hard to find anybody to like, let alone root for.
It's not unwatchable; even a mediocre mystery can keep you watching until the end, even through 10 hours, and often enough there’ll be a satisfying personal exchange or well-mounted action scene. The setting is spectacular, without any help from the camera.
If you like watching rich people sashaying around with a vague mystery as an excuse, Riviera might do, but be warned the dialogue and scenes are often flat--giving you time to ponder the scenery and costumes--and the mystery takes a while to flesh out.
Not only is the expository writing that Jordan alluded to heavy-handed, the less on-the-nose parts of the dialogue never seem to connect to any emotional aspect when two characters are talking. Some scenes make sense and some look like they were either chopped up in editing or written (and then translated by someone else) on the spot. There is a stiffness to almost every interaction between characters.
User Score
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Based on 15 User Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
5.0
53% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
7% Mixed
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1 Rating
40% Negative
6 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Archery Pictures
Initial Release Date: Jun 15, 2017
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
