Hatfields & McCoys
The History Channel | Release Date: May 28, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Uncle BarkyEd BarkMay 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: Authentically grimy, solidly built and well-paced, Hatfields & McCoys is violent without being gratuitous. Read full review
88
New York PostLinda StasiMay 29, 2012
Season 1 Review: If you love, history on History, don't miss this. Read full review
88
People WeeklyTom GliattoMay 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: The pace sags, but the accumulation of sacrificed lives gives it all a haunting sorrow. [4 Jun 2012, p.44]
83
Entertainment WeeklyKen TuckerMay 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: Overall, Hatfields & McCoys is engrossing, and enlightening about a feud that proves to be a lot more than the bumpkin brawl of pop legend. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraMay 29, 2012
Season 1 Review: Hatfields & McCoys is a star-studded, gorgeously produced and astonishingly nuanced look at America's most famous family feud. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyMay 29, 2012
Season 1 Review: Hatfields & McCoys doesn't just explain a feud, it humanizes the people on both sides and reminds us how differently some of our ancestors lived just a few generations back. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushMay 29, 2012
Season 1 Review: The channel may have hit pay dirt with a gritty project that feels like the real McCoy. Read full review
80
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinMay 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: It is a powerful and often heartbreaking piece of filmmaking that ponders just how thin our veneer of civilization really can be. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklMay 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: The well-executed drama is a welcome addition to the programming lineup for a network better known for non-scripted series like "Swamp People" and "Pawn Stars." Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMay 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: Hatfields & McCoys does a good job of explaining the roots of the feud and helping us see that, regardless of whatever legitimacy there may have been in one family's hatred of the other, none of it was worth the lives lost over those six blood-soaked years. Read full review
70
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandMay 29, 2012
Season 1 Review: Although Hatfields & McCoys is slow moving, it's also oddly gripping. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenMay 29, 2012
Season 1 Review: When Hatfields & McCoys slows down enough to develop its characters -- and it's fairly rudimentary character development -- the miniseries comes to life. Read full review
60
The New York TimesMike HaleMay 29, 2012
Season 1 Review: Hatfields & McCoys is a perfectly respectable piece of work, and probably better than we could have expected for a History mini-series....The mini-series's main problem is that six-hour running time. Read full review
60
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayMay 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: Interesting enough to justify six hours? Probably not. But for those who watch "Game of Thrones" and "Spartacus" for the high body counts, it offers plenty of action. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian LowryMay 24, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's potent enough--more in subject matter than execution--to deliver for History. Read full review
58
HitfixDaniel FienbergMay 30, 2012
Season 1 Review: While structurally sound, Ted Mann's script lacks the verbosity and filth and, unfortunately, subtext that he brought (with a healthy assist from David Milch) to "Deadwood." Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayMay 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: Violent and dull. Read full review
40
SalonWilla PaskinMay 29, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's got law and lawlessness duking it out against a backdrop of grime, guts and gravelly voices, but this is all served up humorlessly and laden with self-seriousness. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanMay 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: Somewhere around the three-hour mark, all you want to do is have both families line up opposite each other, pull the trigger and fade to black. Read full review
40
Washington PostHank StueverMay 25, 2012
Season 1 Review: A lushly produced but ultimately unthrilling dramatic miniseries version of the story. Read full review
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