Alicia I love this movie so much

Wordiezett So much average

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

TheMightyHodgeheg I loved this show and I am so gutted that it didn't get to finish that series, let alone get a whole other one!I found it totally gripping and I loved all of the characters. Minnie Driver was so funny and fierce, I thought she was incredible, she usually plays such wholesome characters and this was a far cry from her usual style. Eddie Izzard does well in it too, it is good to see him play someone so suave and less of a clown and actually Minnie out does him when it comes to the comic parts! I also loved their son Cael, played by the superbly talented and rather gorgeous Noel Fisher. I felt that the show had a good pace and was not only dramatic but hilarious and it was just getting exciting when it was sadly cut short because of the writers strike. I am still hoping for it to be picked up again but I am guessing everyone will have aged too much by now for it to have started from where it left off! Such a shame. Is it realistic? Not particularly, but it's wildly entertaining and satisfying to watch and keeps you hanging on for more. I thought it was a great concept and really creative, especially for an American show (must be all the British influence!)A couple of points that were mentioned in other reviews. First of all the accents. Well I don't know if you've heard many travellers speak of late (Irish or Romany) but they definitely have a rich, lilting and sometimes seemingly garbled way of talking (they use a lot of slang) so I felt that their accents were authentic enough. Also they are con artists who use a range of accents and personas to get what they want so it's perfectly realistic that there accents were adaptable and slipped in and out of their native and more regional accents as this is not uncommon.Secondly the cross dressing aspect of the little boy. Well one way that this quirk could be included is so that the boy can (and does) dress as both a boy and girl which could be used in a con or help them to further disguise themselves. Secondly, in case you hadn't noticed Eddie Izzard is a transvestite/cross dresser. He may well have wanted it to be included to educate people, to help to normalise it so it's not something that people are so afraid of. There is nothing wrong with trying to educate people and not every little part of a TV character needs to be scrutinised in order for it to work. Sometimes people cross dress. It is comfort to them or brings them pleasure and there is nothing wrong with it or further investigation needed.The person who said the boys wall drawings were pointless, well in case you didn't notice he was actually documenting everything that they had been through. It was partly therapeutic and just plain fun for him which is explains the why and in terms of plot development far from being pointless it was actually a form of evidence which could potentially be used against them if and when they get caught! It's actually quite clever this show, perhaps a bit much for some.

dewgirl777 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!

greyhound1991 well iam myself a Romany for people who don't know what that is? it aka for gypsy we don't prefer that word but....I'm a big fan of the show but reply back to what the other person said about how you would love to live this life you don't its not like the TV show what you see on the TV show isn't real what you see on TV is not the real gypsy life it's the so called traveller's life i would love for everyone that read's this to research the Romany life and ways just google it and you'll see it's not the same i would love for FX to give me a camera i will promise them the biggest rating's ever if they want the real Romany life story?

jax713 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.