The Righteous Gemstones

The Gemstones run a wealthy religious broadcasting empire and struggle to behave like a functioning family. The Righteous Gemstones gets its comedy from the distance between their polished public operation and their private appetites.

Danny McBride, Edi Patterson and Adam Devine make the sibling rivalry noisy and frequently ridiculous. John Goodman supplies a patriarch with enough presence to make their competition for approval understandable. The scale of the business gives petty disagreements consequences that the people starting them do not always anticipate.

This is broad, often crude comedy rather than a restrained family satire. Its target is the characters' vanity and self-interest, and the best jokes let their own behaviour do the work. If that combination appeals, the elaborate spectacle provides plenty of room for an ordinary family grievance to become an extraordinary mess.