Longmire
A&E | Netflix | Release Date: June 3, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Yahoo TVKen TuckerSep 11, 2015
Season 4 Review: Longmire is in fine, tight-lipped-verging-on-surly form. Read full review
80
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSep 8, 2015
Season 4 Review: It is well-constructed all around—confidently made, well-acted, and the writing is much smarter than many shows like it. It hums, each episode these three feeling more well-paced than the one before. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf SmithMay 23, 2013
Season 2 Review: As always, figuring out what makes the sheriff tick is the best puzzle of all. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJun 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's nicely crafted with a slower pace than the average police "procedural," but more than enough character intrigue to compensate. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf SmithJun 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Longmire is the best of two worlds: a modern crime drama with dry wit and sometimes heart-wrenching emotion that's also got a glorious setting under the big sky of Wyoming. Read full review
75
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJun 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: Longmire isn't a conventional show. The mystery tonight might be slight, but the pilot is a dusty little gem. Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom GliattoJun 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: If the show's isn't terribly ambitious to break new ground, it's a nice lull. [11 Jun 2012, p.42]
75
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJun 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Longmire, with spacious New Mexico standing in for Wyoming as the series' production base, makes a solid overall first impression without rising to the level of critical huzzahs. Read full review
75
NewsdayVerne GayMay 30, 2012
Season 1 Review: Unassuming Longmire doesn't shout "LOVE ME!" but instead works its charms subtly, quietly. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike HaleSep 10, 2015
Season 4 Review: Sometimes, the series veers into the kind of curdled romanticism that otherwise terse westerns are prone to; this can happen with the noble-Indian subplots, and it surfaces in a case in the new season involving a Japanese-American internment camp. But we’re always pulled back in by the performance of Mr. Taylor, an Australian actor who absolutely aces the laconic American lawman. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: As with any pilot, Longmire barely scratches the surface of the possible directions it could go but the premiere does an excellent job establishing a sense of place and character. It's enough to make a viewer want to return for more. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanJun 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: Maybe a solid Western-ish offering like Longmire will be good enough. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJun 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's an old-fashioned sort of show, working unapologetically toward wisdom rather than cleverness, attempting to depict its setting as neither romantic nor dismal, the local color rising as much from silence as words. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJun 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: The pilot efficiently sets up the series. All the characters who are introduced have plenty of places they could go. Read full review
70
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJun 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: Longmire is an entirely respectable alternative for anyone who'd rather not spend Monday morning rehashing the latest outrage on "Mad Men." Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJun 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: It is satisfying in its own low-key way, a solid companion piece to the laid-back charms of The Glades Read full review
67
HitfixAlan SepinwallMay 31, 2012
Season 1 Review: I'd like to see the mysteries grow more engaging as the series moves along, but Longmire at least starts with a good foundation in Walt, his sidekicks, and the wide, open spaces they travel. Read full review
63
New York PostLinda StasiJun 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: The show is so slow-moving that you may find yourself fighting vainly the old ennui. Read full review
60
PopMattersMaysa HattabJun 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: Despite its early dependence on Western and Gender War clichés, Longmire shows potential. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryJun 1, 2012
Season 1 Review: As it stands, to put it in Western terms, Longmire is all hat, and no cattle. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMay 30, 2012
Season 1 Review: Longmire has the look and feel of a show cooked up by a bunch of bored TV industry types while they were waiting for the valet to bring their car to them at the Beverly Hills Chuck E. Cheese. Read full review
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