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Critic Reviews
The Daily BeastJul 4, 2023
Season 1 Review:
In every respect, Andron and Dinner’s show is an ideal blend of the then and now, and that proves true all the way through to its finale, whose late surprises are so perfectly, satisfyingly thrilling that one can only hope they’re confirmation that this reboot is the start of a new, long-running Raylan Givens return engagement.
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The PlaylistJul 5, 2023
Season 1 Review:
“City Primeval” doesn’t merely justify its existence, it makes one wish that FX could find a way to insert Raylan Givens into other Elmore Leonard books in the future. He’s that rich and complex a character. “Justified” may not officially be back, but let’s hope that Raylan sticks around for a while.
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Jul 4, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The one word that summarizes Justified: City Primeval is “satisfied.” Showrunners David Andron, Michael Dinner, and many others from the original Justified team did the impossible — they continued their hit show without betraying its legacy and, more importantly, told a compelling story that felt necessary for the characters and the audience.
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TV Guide MagazineJul 20, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Terrific. [24 Jul - 13 Aug 2023, p.4]
Jul 17, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The idea to situate him in a new world—one derived from a Leonard novel in which Raylan isn’t even a character—keeps him interesting and surprising. .... There’s something moving, and maybe rare, about watching two actors in their 50s [Ellis and Olyphant] and with decades of experience find that crackle together.
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SlashfilmJul 4, 2023
Season 1 Review:
There is only one man to play this Marshal, and that's Olyphant. The series surrounding him is quite good and solidly expanded upon, but it lives or dies on his shoulders. Thankfully, with each ensuing hour, Timothy Olyphant goes out of his way to remind us how much we've missed him in this world.
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IndieWireJul 17, 2023
Jul 17, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Sometimes the villain impresses, sometimes they are just there. Mansell is caught in some kind of no man’s land that is neither believable nor terrifying. .... Still, we have Olyphant’s Givens in middle age, and that’s more than enough. .... There’s enough false endings and misdirection in “Justified: City Primeval” to suggest we’ll never know if Raylan Givens gets a happy ending. And that seems like justice.
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Jul 17, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The few [TV revivals] that work (like The Conners) do so because they acknowledge how the passage of time has changed the people onscreen, and those of us watching them. City Primeval very smartly does this, finding ways to recontextualize Raylan’s behavior, while still managing to tell an entertaining yarn about him and a colorful collection of supporting characters.
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Jul 13, 2023
Jul 18, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Just seeing Timothy Olyphant locked and loaded again as Raylan Givens will probably be enough for fans of “Justified,” but the FX revival subtitled “City Primeval” more than justifies the encore. Featuring an older Givens with more to lose facing off against a truly nasty bad guy, the eight-part series overcomes a few clunkier elements to deliver the expected shoot-from-the-hip charms.
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Jul 4, 2023
Season 1 Review:
It turns out there was more to say about Raylan Givens, specifically about who he is as a father, so even if the crime element wasn’t the show at its best, there is still a purpose to City Primeval. And that’s more than can be said about some of the other revivals Hollywood has trotted out over the last decade.
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Jul 18, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Yes, Olyphant slips back into character as if not a day has gone by, and new castmember Aunjanue Ellis is a scenery-chewing delight, but something about the revival never quite clicks into place. It's hollow, almost soulless in moments, slapping the veneer of a Leonard crime novel on the surface and hoping that the audience won't notice the cheap foundation underneath. But we can see it. And it's not angering, it's just disappointing.
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Jul 17, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Despite the work of a number of the old “Justified” crew, including the writer-producers Dave Andron and Michael Dinner, and an accomplished new cast, “City Primeval” — though handsomely filmed, well acted and ample in its emotions and its violent action — feels, ultimately, like a simulacrum. The body looks good, but a large part of the soul is missing.
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