I saw adverts for this when it first aired on itv in the UK and never thought of watching it, but I was bored and trawling through Netflix and found it and saw Catherine O'Hara was in it so decided to give it a go as I enjoy watching her very much and it did exceed all of my expectations.
There really are not many things I will rave about as I tend to dislike most things but this I loved and my partner even saw me watching it and had me start it again so he could watch it too.
Yes the basic format has, like most things, been done before, what makes this stand apart is the characters.
The Roses start as your stereotypical mega rich, spoilt family. At the start they barely have any connection with each other or reality and their ignorance and unwillingness to accept their new life, or each other, throughout most of the first series portrays this. What makes it work better is that over time each of them finds their own little crutches that helps them integrate with reality and helps them build a better family unit. I don't want to go into too much detail as I think it speaks better for itself but one of my favourite things about it is the relationships the characters build. It is also pretty refreshing to see a gay couple that is portrayed as a normal couple as opposed to ridiculous and dysfunctional, they are shown as genuinely loving each other and caring for each other, but the same goes for the parents. There is none of the typical drivel of the bickering couples you always see in sitcoms, they always try to support each other.
Basically give it a go for the characters and their development I say.
There really are not many things I will rave about as I tend to dislike most things but this I loved and my partner even saw me watching it and had me start it again so he could watch it too.
Yes the basic format has, like most things, been done before, what makes this stand apart is the characters.
The Roses start as your stereotypical mega rich, spoilt family. At the start they barely have any connection with each other or reality and their ignorance and unwillingness to accept their new life, or each other, throughout most of the first series portrays this. What makes it work better is that over time each of them finds their own little crutches that helps them integrate with reality and helps them build a better family unit. I don't want to go into too much detail as I think it speaks better for itself but one of my favourite things about it is the relationships the characters build. It is also pretty refreshing to see a gay couple that is portrayed as a normal couple as opposed to ridiculous and dysfunctional, they are shown as genuinely loving each other and caring for each other, but the same goes for the parents. There is none of the typical drivel of the bickering couples you always see in sitcoms, they always try to support each other.
Basically give it a go for the characters and their development I say.