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River (TV Miniseries)

River

2015

Abi Morgan (Creator), Jessica Hobbs ...

Stellan Skarsgård, Lesley Manville, Nicola Walker, Adeel Akhtar ...

7.0

1,589

TV Series. Thriller TV Miniseries (2015). 6 Episodes. John River is a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault is the fragility of his mind. The character is haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Julia Raeside The Guardian	"This show worked because it was written so beautifully. For me, Morgan’s dialogue almost always hits its mark when it comes to the truth of the feelings behind the action"	POS
United States	Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"The show’s premise could easily have made this a silly enterprise, but with Mr. Skarsgard’s tight performance anchoring things, it instead is a first-rate psychological study"	POS
Ireland	Pat Stacey Irish Independent	"A dazzling feat of high-wire writing without a safety net."	POS
United Kingdom	Ben Travis London Evening Standard	"Morgan’s lively dialogue made you care about the characters (...) Stellan Skarsgård absolutely nailed it"	POS
Ireland	Bernice Harrison Irish Times	"It’s rare that the final episode of a drama is as brilliant as the first, but everything about 'River' (...) is pitch perfect."	POS
United States	Louisa Mellor Den of Geek	"Inside all the familiar genre trappings (...) is an emotionally meaningful drama led by charismatic performances. It’s perfect autumn stuff."	POS
United Kingdom	Daisy Wyatt The Independent	"Well-written and shot beautifully"	POS

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