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Television · 2010
Rake
Cleaver Greene is a brilliant Sydney criminal barrister whose courtroom genius is matched only by his chaotic personal life. Juggling reckless gambling debts, addictions, and tangled love affairs, Cleaver champions Sydney's most eccentric and indefensible clients while barely staying one step ahead of total ruin.
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It walks a tightrope, does Rake, strung between farce and something rather like a soapie. It mostly pulls off this balancing act with aplomb, thanks to the immense talents of Richard Roxburgh, a funambulist of the highest order.
Karl Quinn on The Sydney Morning Herald One of the most consistently funny shows of the past decade, Rake's shift in venue for it's supposedly final bow is a masterstroke.
James Croot on The Post There's no shortage of self-destructive, intelligent, witty anti-heroes on our TV screens, but there's so much warmth and tenacity in [Richard] Roxburgh's performance it continues to feel fresh.
Ben Neutze on Daily Review Through each absurd fake-news storyline, every tiny moment of Rake is as clever and considered as you'd expect. Still Australian television's finest ongoing show.
Lauren Carroll Harris on The Guardian It's impossible to think of anyone else playing Greene. [Richard Roxburgh] relishes the difficult, the offbeat and the bizarre, and the cast takes its cue from this great actor in an astonishingly good ensemble performance.
Graeme Blundell on The Australian
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