“SCANDALOUS AGAIN”
DVD REVIEW
Starring: Donald Southerland, Jill Clayburgh, Peter Krause, William Baldwin, Blair Underwood, Liu Natalie Zea, Glenn Fitzgerald, Samaire Armstrong, Seth Gabel and Zoe McLellan, and Lucy
Created by: Craig Wright
Rated TV-14 for language, drugs, sex and violence
Genre: TV Drama
By John Delia
Television series Dirty Sexy Money offers its second and final DVD season and it is still a seething and delicious series. The continuation of the scandalous storyline gets edgier with each episode. Excellent direction keeps the characters interesting, lively and memorable. If you are an adult that likes a lot of sexy drama, then peak in on the Darlings in Dirty Sexy Money.
The plot centers on Nick George (Krause), a lawyer who continues to handle the affairs of the Darlings, one of the wealthiest families in America. when his father dies in a plane crash. When he gets closer to the family members and finds himself getting sucked into their decadent lives however, his goal gets muddier and his future more challenging.
The storyline fits the actors to a tee. Southerland plays the Darling family patriarch with a cunning and powerful hand. His monetary persuasiveness usually buys most anything, even his family out of scandals and implications of murder. He’s the Kennedy’s and the Rockefellers rolled into one. His
children are aptly played by Baldwin as Patrick a deluded metro sexual who’s the family choice to run for Congress; Zea as Karen the sex pot of the family who thinks marriage is child’s play; Fitzgerald plays Brian a man of the cloth with more drama than sin; and Armstrong and Gabel portray the spoiled brat twins Juliet and Jeremy.
But steeling the show is Clayburgh as Letitia Darling, Tripp’s crafty wife who will stop at nothing to keep her children out of trouble and in the limelight.
The bonus features on this 3 disc set DVD include; Directing the Darlings, A Total Knockout, Dirty Sexy Crafty, deleted scenes, and bloopers .
Dirty Sexy Money contains scenes of sex, drugs, violence and harsh language, so you may want to watch the DVD after the youngsters have gone to bed.
FINAL ANALYSIS:Â Dirty Sexy Money is a well-crafted drama with a cunning plot. (3.5 of 5 Palm Trees)