American Rust

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
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Critic Reviews

  1. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Sep 13, 2021
    30
    Ruminate upon the inability of Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney to lighten the slow crush of sadness constricting your brain with each new tragedy presented, be it major or insignificant, and despite their best efforts to create sympathetic, fully rounded personas out of very little.
  2. ABC News
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    Sep 10, 2021
    30
    This gender-flipped Mare of Easttown benefits from a solid Jeff Daniels as a police chief stalking a killer in a dying, Pennsylvania steel town, but even this terrific actor is not enough to save a dry, dreary, humorless series that stalls when it most needs to accelerate.

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User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. twisted_words
    Sep 14, 2021
    10
    This brooding, family-oriented crime drama is full of complicated characters trying to make the right choices in a world where the goodThis brooding, family-oriented crime drama is full of complicated characters trying to make the right choices in a world where the good options have dried up. For those of us watching in foreign lands, this isn't a retread of shows we've seen before, which seems to be the main criticism from US viewers. Buell is a grim place, and yet there's a stark beauty in watching these ground down folk strive to make something for themselves while being pulled down by the tide of hopelessness that is drowning this town. Perhaps this story is too real for some, and viewers wonder what opportunity American Rust has to present a positive outcome - can these characters shake the rust off their lives and begin to live again? In a post-2020 world, where we are all trying to put ourselves back together, this is a story that is worth telling -- an unflinching examination of a search for the smallest bit of light in a very dark place.… Full Review »
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