Tin Star

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
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4.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 27
  3. Negative: 10 out of 27
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  1. WorldofLucky
    Feb 3, 2018
    4
    I really really wanted to like the show, but they just couldn't get it to work. I will try and avoid any spoilers (which means you won't get much about the story here).

    Tin Star is set in Canada, a former London cop named Jim Worth with a mysterious background who also has an alcohol problem (and a violence problem when he is drinking) moves to Canada to become a small town chief of    I really really wanted to like the show, but they just couldn't get it to work. I will try and avoid any spoilers (which means you won't get much about the story here).

    Tin Star is set in Canada, a former London cop named Jim Worth with a mysterious background who also has an alcohol problem (and a violence problem when he is drinking) moves to Canada to become a small town chief of police. There big oil is moving into the area causing problems along with some problems coming back from London to haunt Jim, resulting in big tragedy.

    The actors/actresses are great. You have Tim Roth (Lie to Me, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Christopher Heyerdahl (Stargate, Van Helsing, many other tv shows) all of whom want to do a good job and they have all proven in the past that they are capable.

    The issues of the series are the writing and editing/directing. They take the characters too far, make them unbelievable, the situation with Jim Worth is especially unbelievable (not his history, rather that they don't sack him in the third episode let alone later), and they totally don't use Hendricks or Heyerdahl at all to their advantage.

    All that being said, the editing/direction was way worse. The first several episodes keeps jumping back and forth in time, makes it a bit confusing and doesn't bring anything to the story. When in doubt, tell the story linearly, the whole back and forth just annoys viewers.

    Pros: The actors really were trying.

    Cons: Editing, directing, just the whole plot.

    Don't watch it, I definitely won't catch a season 2 if it happens.    … Expand
  2. PaulBags
    Jul 24, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nothing like the blurb, more like Fargo meets Banshee.

    Also didn't enjoy the "conclusion, now here's the episode" time jumps, I thought we'd left "coming up on..." behind in the 70s.    … Expand

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  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Danette Chavez
    Sep 29, 2017
    42
    Joffé drops the thread before it gets anywhere, distracted by another shiny object or revenge-thriller reference. Though it has some lofty goals, the shine quickly comes off of Tin Star.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Inkoo Kang
    Sep 28, 2017
    40
    Tin Star's attempts to out-bloody its predecessors backfire because the brutality is too cartoonish to take seriously. ... The more blood the series sheds, the less weight the violence seems to carry. ... None of the female characters are given much depth in the first five installments. But their struggles are still preferable to the umpteenth iteration of "Blokes Behaving Badly."
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  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Sep 28, 2017
    40
    With a tin ear for nuance and a heavy hand with characterization and plotting, this contrived and unconvincing crime drama set amid the splendor of Canada's Rockies reminds us how easily show like Fargo or Ozark could go off track if we ever felt a step ahead of the predictable action. [2-15 Oct 2017, p.15]