Good start, but then it gets ruined

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I heard that the show was canceled, and I didn't watch it. I had heard a little about it, but I wasn't interested enough to watch it. I let the rumors that I had heard prevent me from watching the show. I usually don't listen to critics when movies come out, or they talk about a show. I did with this show - and I have no idea why I listened to any of them! I had the opportunity of watching the whole series and I'm nearly finished with the first season. I've been very impressed with the show, and have full intention of taking my time with the last season. It's sad to know that the movie was canned and all subsequent seasons were never planned.

I am absolutely taken by this show. In a time where reality TV has run a muck - the cast is pure talent. Gold. I love this show and am so upset to hear this may be the end. If FX has any common sense they'll keep this one! The chemistry between Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver is amazing - you can clearly tell that they relate to one another. The kids are all very unique and extremely well played. I don't think they could have gotten better actors/actresses for these roles. Even crazy Dale is amazing. I never understood why they don't try rerunning these shows from the first season to see if they could nab anyone else. They didn't do much in ways of advertising for it - since I just happened upon it a couple months ago. If you haven't seen it, you simply HAVE to! It's addicting!

I'm going to suppose that only die-hard Eddie Izzard fans love this show. Even though I'm a fan of his stand-up and I enjoy seeing him on TV in a different kind of performance, I can't say this is a good show. It's boring, dispiriting, and sometimes disgusting. I made it 3/4 of the way through the first season and then gave up because I didn't care what happened to any of the characters. The story lines put me to sleep and the scam situations were replays from old material invented decades ago. When I turn on the TV it's most often because I'm looking for some kind of entertainment and The Riches is too depressing for that. The biggest disappointment is that a fine cast is at work here. Izzard is just right as a guy walking a tightrope between legitimacy and crime. Minnie Driver shows her range but what can she really do with a character who is one minute very smart, the next very dumb. Gregg Henry, as usual, puts out an electric vibe as soon as he enters a scene. Sadly, these highly creative actors can't induce me to keep watching stories that arouse no interest or curiosity.

The Riches is a roller coaster ride in the dark: you have no idea which way it's going until you take that turn. And wow, what a ride! The plot is simple. A group of grifters are taking innocents for cash and trinkets, by going to various towns in their RVs and swiping what they can from those unfortunate enough to cross their paths. One branch of these "travelers" is the Molloy family, Wayne, his fresh from prison wife, Dahlia and their three kids.When Wayne rips off the family fortune and tries to break away from the rest of the group, and when the other members of this group come after them, a chain of events takes place that leads to the death of an unrelated couple on their way to their new home. The result is Wayne and family get to assume the identity of these well-to-do people, and they become The Riches.The brilliance of the program is the counterpoint storytelling of this group of vagabonds, now set up in the wealthiest area of suburbia, who have the ultimate con going on: pretending to fit in to society!Sterling performances from the always watchable Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver, as the leads, and a very talented ensemble cast make this a worthwhile watch, and great, twisted, hilarious and unpredictable scripts give them all something spectacular to do in every episode.I really don't know where this series is going, but I wouldn't have it any other way. It's definitely a ride worth taking.