Against the Grain

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 1, 1993
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11

Critic Reviews

  1. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Greg Dawson
    Jul 3, 2014
    60
    The title of this feel-good drama is an unintended irony. Against the Grain is anything but. It goes with the grain, gently stroking the viewer with predictable storytelling and heartland homilies.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Lon Grahnke
    Jul 3, 2014
    50
    A wholesome family saga loaded with positive role models, the NBC series turns what could have been a 1993 version of "The Last Picture Show" into an idealized fantasy about an inspirational "local legend" who revitalizes a losing team that was "the pride of Texas" 20 years ago. [1 Oct 1993]
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Howard Rosenberg
    Jul 3, 2014
    40
    Although its inconsistencies begin to spread gratingly as it heads into its second half hour, "Against the Grain" is fairly pleasant viewing until it impales itself on its artificial, unrealistically giddy ending.