Riviera - Sky Atlantic

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYuzfv6IXhU

Neil Jordan's now show looks like a stylish soap opera set in France

bnt

Julia Stiles vs Iwan Rheon? I'm in. :cool:
(Anthony LaPaglia's in there too, but not for long.)
edit: I forgot to mention Lena Olin as the late billionaire's first wife, mother of Iwan's character.

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzkv-h3Ee8o

All episodes will be available from June 15 in the UK exclusively on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV

CeilingFly

Tried to watch it - very slow, nothing made me want to watch again.

Fail imo.

It's watchable but it's not great. It's very like revenge

Hande hoche!

Coraline Worried Tear wrote: »

It's watchable but it's not great. It's very like revenge

Yeah it feels like revenge with a bigger budget. Will probably end up watching it all the same.

Full_Circle_81

For a show as hyped/advertised as this I found the whole thing painfully boring and at times a tad confusing. I didn't care for a single character, so the whole thing felt pointless. What a waste of a fairly decent cast.

And while I used to like Julia Styles (in her brief Bourne appearances), her perma-frown wears thin by the end of the first episode.

I would urge all to avoid if possible.

Agent Coulson

Neil Jordan disowning it already not a good sign.

_Whimsical_

So comparisons to The Night Manager are not to be trusted then? Mind you, I've only heard Sky themselves making them.
Is it an action drama? Looks like bombs.shooting and mayhem in the ads.

pauldoo

Very poor show, just got to the end of it. Only kept watching because I'm house bound.

Parts of the story are very far fetched and don't really add up

Very disappointed

odyssey06

Soooo slooow... there might be a decent 90 minute movie in there but nowhere enough material to stretch to a series.
And imagine Gabriel Byrne instead of Anthony La Paglia, that would be an upgrade.

Tristram

About 5 episodes too long and shockingly disappointing. Bones of a decent story but fails on almost ever level bar style.

CeilingFly

pauldoo wrote: »

Very poor show, just got to the end of it. Only kept watching because I'm house bound.

Parts of the story are very far fetched and don't really add up

Very disappointed

Surely repeats of motorway cops would have been more interesting??

JP Liz V1

Julia Stiles will be back for series 2

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a843629/riviera-series-2-julia-stiles-will-return-on-sky-atlantic/

Hande hoche!

Surprised they are doing another season. Thought it was one and done.

Agent Coulson

I don't know anyone who actually made it through season 1.

Here is season 2 trailer.

JP Liz V1

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I don't know anyone who actually made it through season 1.

Here is season 2 trailer.

Riviera 2nd season will premiere on Sky Atlantic on Thursday May 23rd

God I thought season 1 was pure ****e

So no doubt il watch season 2!

JP Liz V1

Renewed

https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2019/05/sky-atlantic-renews-riviera-for-season-three/

JP Liz V1

Season 3 starts October 15th on Sky Atlantic

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Season 3 starts October 15th on Sky Atlantic

I never watched season 2....any good...you know how high my standards are!

Agent Coulson

Season 3 trailer for those who stuck with it.

ollaetta

It's absolute pish. Cardboard cut out characters and beyond stupid storylines

the latest one of your woman being stuck into a mental home and then escaping from it is just plain ludicrous

. Having said that I have to admit to watching it!