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Detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) returns to New Zealand to visit her sick mother only to be
Detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) returns to New Zealand to visit her sick mother only to be drawn into the investigation into the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old (Jacqueline Joe).
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Drama
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Sundance Channel
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Creator(s):
Jane Campion
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Season 2 Review:
"China Girl is an even more nuanced, more primal, and more entertaining beast than the first season (or just about anything else that’s ever aired on television). It’s an overwhelmingly ambitious and unforgettably thoughtful piece of fiction that’s told with the lightest of touches ... and brought to life by a cast that lacks a single weak link."
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Season 1 Review:
"Top of the Lake is Jane Campion and her cast at the top of their game."
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Season 2 Review:
"The acting is tremendous across the board, as is the directing. Quiet and meditative throughout, China Girl is gorgeously photographed."
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Season 1 Review:
"If you've seen "The Killing," you may think you've already seen some version of the story that filmmaker Jane Campion is telling in the Sundance Channel's new miniseries, Top of the Lake, but I promise you, you haven't."
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Season 2 Review:
"Some of this symbolism can come off as rigid or obvious, to the point that Campion and Lee miss the unscripted messiness of human behavior, but it never dilutes the power of her style or the story itself."
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Season 2 Review:
"While the first two episodes of Top of the Lake focus on Robin’s complicated, unfortunate past, the clues in the murder story unfold very slowly--probably too slowly for American audiences--but when they finally do, the series, directed by Jane Campion (“The Piano”), picks up some steam."
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Season 2 Review:
"Set against this much more conventional backdrop, the holes in Campion’s detective story are clearer, but the story and the dialogue have been heightened to the point of absurdist theater, as if to compensate. ... The ending of the final episode points to a third installment of Top of the Lake, although at this point fans of the first season might be more inclined to pretend the second never happened."
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