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- 2013
- TV-MA
- Sundance Channel
- 2013
- TV-MA
- Sundance Channel
Summary 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).
Created By: Jane Campion
- 2013
- TV-MA
- Sundance Channel
- 2013
- TV-MA
- Sundance Channel
Top Of The Lake
Season 1 Premiere: Mar 18, 2013
6.9
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Summary 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).
Created By: Jane Campion
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 48 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
40 Reviews
40 Reviews
13% Mixed
6 Reviews
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4% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 48 Critic Reviews
81
83% Positive
40 Reviews
40 Reviews
13% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
4% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
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.
This haunting New Zealand miniseries boasts a strong, tense performance from Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss as a detective, but it's very much the work of director Jane Campion. [25 Mar 2013, p.44]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 235 User Ratings
6.9
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 235 User Ratings
6.9
69% Positive
161 Ratings
161 Ratings
13% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
19% Negative
44 Ratings
44 Ratings
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Numerous story strands--Robin’s dark past, the venomous Mitcham and his ne’er-do-well sons, a New Age women’s camp run by the mysterious guru GJ (Holly Hunter)--all coalesce into a taut and provocative thriller about damage, vengeance, and escape.
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.
Top of the Lake doesn’t fully get rolling for a while. Happily, Moss doesn’t let us become disinterested.
Like Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures, the paranoid screenplays of Andrew Niccol, and the absurdist horror of Black Sheep (an ovine analog of The Birds), it gets beneath the skin by examining the state of isolation at the bottom of the world.
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.
Production Company:
- See-Saw Films
- Escapade Pictures
- Screen Australia
- Screen NSW
- Fulcrum Media Finance
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- SundanceTV
- UKTV
- BBC Worldwide
Initial Release Date: Mar 18, 2013
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 7 Wins & 22 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 9 Nominations
