Top of the Lake (2012)
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92% of critics liked it
(24 reviews) -
73% want to see it
(52 ratings)
Acclaimed New Zealand director Jane Campion re-teams with her Piano lead, Holly Hunter, for this ambitious seven-part television miniseries, with thematic echoes of David Lynch's Twin Peaks. The saga opens on a tragic note: in a beautiful but isolated mountain town, Tui Mitcham, an expectant… More Acclaimed New Zealand director Jane Campion re-teams with her Piano lead, Holly Hunter, for this ambitious seven-part television miniseries, with thematic echoes of David Lynch's Twin Peaks. The saga opens on a tragic note: in a beautiful but isolated mountain town, Tui Mitcham, an expectant 12-year-old girl, inexplicably walks into a freezing lake and vanishes. A professional detective from the said town, Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) , returns home and begins to tap into the community's evil undercurrents. As she inches ever closer to determining Tui's whereabouts, so Robin also comes face to face with dark secrets from her own past, including men she abandoned, who now seem to prevent her from solving the central mystery. In addition to directing, Campion also authored the original screenplay. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jane Campion, Garth Davis
- Written By
- Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Linda Stasi, New York Post
Highly recommended.
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David Thomson, The New Republic
Top of the Lake is written and directed by Jane Campion and Garth Davis. That's reason enough for taking it seriously, but for being disappointed too.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Magazine
It's only March, but I already expect the Sundance Channel miniseries Top of the Lake to make my year-end "Top 10" list.
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Karen Valby, Entertainment Weekly
The mystery of just what happened to the child unspools almost languidly against the backdrop of wild and gorgeous New Zealand country. The ugliness of humans amid such beauty resounds like a cold slap.
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Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe
Evolves into a rich portrait of hard lives and the possibility of healing.
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