American Rust

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
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
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  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 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 downThis 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.… Expand

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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
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Emily Watkins
    Dec 3, 2021
    60
    Big narrative promises have been made – the question is, can the series make good on them as it continues?
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  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Stuart Jeffries
    Nov 29, 2021
    60
    Thanks to some good, understated dialogue – bucks the general mood , ie that this show was not so much written as collaged from odds and ends of other police procedurals. It’s also because Daniels and Tierney remind me so much of David Harbour and Winona Ryder in Stranger Things. Even so, it isn’t great.
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  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Nov 29, 2021
    40
    Mare of Easttown got there first, and did it way better.
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