- Network: Paramount+
- Series Premiere Date: Nov 17, 2024
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Better than “Goliath," “Landman” lets Thornton convey the emotions that color a “cigarettes and Dr Pepper” kind of guy. The role fits better than a well-worn pair of jeans and, like his trusty boots, never lets him down. He’s one of the best actors of the season in a show that could be one of the best of this or any year.
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Yet another star-powered American drama series from “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan — the immediately addictive “Landman,” with Billy Bob Thornton delivering a top five career performance in headlining an outstanding ensemble.
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Landman is about good men trying to do a good job, if not an entirely honest one. It’s a strong start to Sheridan’s post-Yellowstone world – and has the potential to be just as successful.
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“Landman” has conspicuous gaps, and some of the disjointedness that characterizes a TV empire with many offshoots and a single author. But these weak points are continually offset by an evocative sense of place not replicated by TV in this corner of the country since “Friday Night Lights.”
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“Landman,” streaming Sunday on Paramount+, is Taylor Sheridan’s best series yet. It’s even more entertaining than “Yellowstone.”
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Landman doesn't break much new ground in the Sheridanverse, but it's a satisfying twist on the formula. As Sheridan imitators proliferate, there's still nothing like the real thing.
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Once again, Sheridan confidently delivers an old-fashioned and gritty melodrama populated with tough-as-nails men and women who never back down from achieving whatever goals they have in mind. This time, however, things happen to be slightly lighter and funnier than expected.
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Landman is pretty much a standard-grade Taylor Sheridan production, but Thornton makes it very watchable, even as he spends half of the first episode making speeches.
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Landman is very much of a piece with Sheridan’s other shows, mixing soap opera and crime drama with earthy observations about The State Of Things.
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The series arguably leans too often into clichés—like an abundance of country music on the soundtrack and scantily clad female characters strolling across the screen—but it also offers an unvarnished look at a contentious industry and the lives tethered to it.