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High Desert (TV Series)

High Desert

2023

Nancy Fichman (Creator), Katie Ford (Creator) ...

Patricia Arquette, Brad Garrett, Weruche Opia, Bernadette Peters ...

5.3

137

TV Series. Comedy. Drama TV Series (2023). 1 Season. 8 Episodes. Peggy, a former addict, who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California, makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator.

Canceled after its first season.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Ed Cumming Telegraph	"If you are looking for a calm, measured drama, 'High Desert' is not for you. But Arquette is well cast, and her charisma propels the series through its changes of tone (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times	"Patricia Arquette is not the only reason to watch 'High Desert', but she’s the best reason, and all the reason you need"	POS
United States	Angie Han The Hollywood Reporter	"An appealingly detective comedy (...) Much like its own heroine, 'High Desert' has a way of making too much feel just right"	POS
United Kingdom	William Mata London Evening Standard	"There is a lot going on in 'High Desert', but even among multiple layers of narrative there isn't any consistent threat, excitement, or, above all, fun (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Marya E. Gates The Playlist	"Patricia Arquette is hilarious in Raymond Chandler-esque ode to desert weirdness"	POS
United Kingdom	Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"It is enough, of course, for something to be fun while it lasts. But with Arquette and everyone around her clearly capable of so much more, and the premise perfectly set up for them to do so, it's a shame it didn't happen (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Australia	Kylie Northover Sydney Morning Herald	"Patricia Arquette is incredible in this brilliant, bonkers new series"	POS
United States	Marco Vito Oddo Collider	"There's only so much even the most competent actor can do when the material they have to work with is this weak"	NEG
United States	Saloni Gajjar AV Club	"Wry and surprisingly heartfelt (...) It presents a resonant depiction of what it’s like to lose an adored loved one, promptly lose your mind, and then claw your way back to reality. And Arquette channels all of it beautifully"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Great cast elevatesiInconsistent 'High Desert'"	NEU
United States	Nick Schager The Daily Beast	"Peggy’s mind may occasionally be cloudy, but thanks to its sterling star, Apple TV+’s latest is a clear-sighted comic success."	POS
United States	Alison Herman Variety	"It is possible to have too much of a good thing, and 'High Desert' is hardly inclined to practice moderation"	NEG
United States	John Anderson The Wall Street Journal	"Because she's played with such brazen, blowzy, oxygen-bogarting abandon by Patricia Arquette, Peggy is a real original"	POS
United States	Ricky Valero Ready Steady Cut	"Patricia Arquette does a phenomenal enough job with her work as Peggy, making 'High Desert' a slight recommendation (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"A chaotic charmer (...) The first season never descends into nihilism, nor does it forget the sunshine inherent to its setting"	POS
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"Despite Arquette's prolific skills, we're just not sure Peggy is the kind of character that we want at the center of a show like this"	NEU
United States	Shane Ryan Paste Magazine	"There is a rhythm to all this, and to praise the show is to praise the inner narrative harmony of the unharmonious whole"	POS

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