Top of the Lake (TV Series)

New Zealand / Australia / UK 2013, 350 minutes
Dir. Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
Genres: Television, Suspense/Crime / Policier

Feat. Elisabeth Moss, Peter Mullan, David Wenham, Holly Hunter, Robyn Malcolm, Thomas M. Wright, Kip Chapman, Jay Ryan, Madeleine Sami, Genevieve Lemon, Stephen Lovatt, Robyn Nevin, Calvin Tuteao, Cohen Holloway, Lucy Lawless

Aroview: An unnerving, atmosphere-rich 'feminist' policier from Australasian auteur Jane Campion, centred on the mystery of a 12-year-old girl's pregnancy in the deep south, and the investigator (Elisabeth Moss) drawn beneath the facade of Queenstown's spectacular backdrop.

Although ultimately surrendering to TV plot mechanics, this is a serious and substantial dramatic portrait of New Zealand's rural underbelly draped in a suspenseful and sinister palette of 'Southern Gothic'. Fans of 'Nordic Noir' should immediately apply. Seven episodes.

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2 stars (Good Try) The cinematographer has done a wonderful job of capturing the beauty of the Wakatipu and the Moke, but the plot ultimately - and disappointingly - wasn't up to scratch. ~MB
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2 stars (Good Try) Stunning visuals, but a routine and rather predictable plot. ~MovieBuff
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3 stars (Good Enough) Not as good as I thought it would be. Kind of dragged on with various subplots but then when the perpetrator is revealed it is almost a non-event and the story quickly wraps up. ~Haywara