- Network: Paramount+
- Series Premiere Date: Nov 17, 2024
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“Landman” isn’t fun enough (not that it’s trying to be), funny enough (which it does go for), dramatic enough (beyond the eye-rolling soap opera elements), authentic enough (why else spend all that time watching people work?), or entertaining enough to merit our attention.
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The drama is limp, and the out-of-nowhere jokes make it even worse. .... Thornton's sleepy truth-teller pulls many of his scenes together with his magnetic drawl, but the rest of the cast feels on autopilot. Sheridan, it seems, is tapped out, and there isn't much ink left to mine from his pen. Best move on to the next well.
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The series would be bad enough if it was just dull and insipid, which it is, but it comes with a intensely off-putting bit of male gaze that makes the series read as soft-core porn for old men who want to leer at teenage girls without any repercussions. It verges on outright disgusting, set against a generic setting and plot beats copied from old "Yellowstone" scripts.