“Terrace House”: The Kinder, Gentler Japanese Alternative to Reality TV
"Terrace House" improves on the standard reality TV format by affording its cast privacy, freedom, and respect.

Combatants for Peace, nominated for two Nobel Peace Prizes, is an extraordinary bi-national group of former enemy combatants—Israelis and Palestinians—working together during an ongoing armed conflict. Faced with escalating devastation and violence, the very core of the movement must face great challenges and show that there is another way. The first question they have to face is their own belief…is this possible?
"Terrace House" improves on the standard reality TV format by affording its cast privacy, freedom, and respect.
The fun tricks used in the production design and lighting read extremely well on-screen but hardly fulfill their purpose of trying to inject glamour into a lack-luster story with nothing to say.
A sweet, singalong distraction with several positive messages.
At its heart, it’s a fond tribute to an influential artist and thus one that can speak to everyone’s inner artist, even if it lacks the sincere commentary you may wish to see.
Personalities clash and tempers fume in a family-run Chicago restaurant
Telling a story about the French and Indian Wars from the perspective of the British prioritizes the perspective of the colonizers.