Broken Trail
AMC | Release Date: June 24, 2006
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale
Season 1 Review: This elegant, shaggy dog of a 19th-century western takes us on a painfully human journey across the old West. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
Season 1 Review: If it weren't for the commercials and basic-cable cutaways from some violence, you'd swear you were watching a classic Western. [23 Jun 2006, p.66]
90
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: This four-hour gem is exquisite from start to finish, rife with the texture of its place and time, rich with human understanding expressed in everyday articulation and small gestures. Read full review
90
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: The finest purely American TV film to come along in some time. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: Any fan of Westerns, or of Duvall, will not be disappointed if this "Trail" is followed. Read full review
80
Chicago TribuneAllison Benedikt
Season 1 Review: A gorgeous piece of cinema. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: It's a little movie that feels big, without being self-consciously cinematic. Read full review
75
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: A richly entertaining winner, a saga that both stirs the emotions and whips up vivid outbursts of satisfying, varmint-vanquishing action. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: "Broken Trail" is a Western in the old-fashioned vein - one that keeps the action moving, but along an even, and sometimes verrry slow trail. Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: These joined stories never forge into one strong plot, but there's always Duvall. [3 Jul 2006, p.35]
70
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: It's a Western miniseries with impeccable pedigree, memorable characters, breathtaking cinematography and a story that seems almost as if it had been put together by a committee. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith
Season 1 Review: While "Broken Trail" is plot driven and not without action, it is most of all a languid elegy about the olden days on the Western ranges. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: "Broken Trail" is not as well written or compelling as "Lonesome Dove," but Mr. Duvall brings an earthy believability to even the most plodding lines. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: While this "Trail" ain't exactly broken, some judicious editing could have fixed it. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: We've seen all these characters countless times before in movie and TV westerns, but the actors give them distinction here. Read full review
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