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Top of the Lake
- Director: Jane Campion; Garth Davis
- Writer: Jane Campion; Gerard Lee
- Producer: Philippa Campbell
CGiii Comment
The misogyny of the characters is matched only by the misandry by the filmmaker...
For a crime/mystery, the pace is slooow. Too slow and littered with inconsequence - the women's commune, led by a completely unintelligible Holly Hunter...what was the point other than introducing a few batty characters - all in the name of misandric feminism!!!
Co-written by Oscar-winning Campion (The Piano) & long-time collaborator Gerard Lee...the dialogue is, at best, erratic and almost wholly artificial.
The acting is a haphazard affair...either understated or heavy-handed (Mullan as per usual) or downright incompetent.
It is tough work to get to the end...with some prudent (and necessary) editing, this could have been pruned to an acceptable hour and a half.
This may prove that television is not the medium for Ms Campion's talents...
What do we know...there's going to be a second series...can't wait!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
When pregnant, 12-year-old Tui tries to kill herself in a freezing New Zealand lake, Detective Robin Griffin has plenty of questions for the girl. But when Tui suddenly disappears, Griffin finds herself knee-deep in small-town secrets.
Cast & Characters
Elisabeth Moss as Robin;
Thomas M. Wright as Johnno;
Peter Mullan as Matt;
David Wenham as Al;
Skye Wansey as Grishina;
Genevieve Lemon as Bunny;
Robyn Malcolm as Anita;
Holly Hunter as GJ;
Madeleine Sami as Zena;
Kip Chapman as Luke