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Broken Trail: Season 1
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 24, 2006
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore
78 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.0 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 46 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Todd Allen, Thomas Haden Church, Chris Mulkey
  • Summary: AMC's first original miniseries is a western helmed by veteran film and television director Walter Hill.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Gloria Goodale
    100
    This elegant, shaggy dog of a 19th-century western takes us on a painfully human journey across the old West.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    91
    If it weren't for the commercials and basic-cable cutaways from some violence, you'd swear you were watching a classic Western. [23 Jun 2006, p.66]
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    "Broken Trail" is not as well written or compelling as "Lonesome Dove," but Mr. Duvall brings an earthy believability to even the most plodding lines.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 42
  3. Negative: 1 out of 42
  1. BernhardW
    10
    wonderfull epic film adventure.. Story great, pictures wonderfull, and people so much to love. thats the stuff keeping sole up. regards bernd
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  2. WayneC
    4
    Although any western movie with Robert Duvall is worth watching, Broken Trail does a disservice by perpetuating the myth that 19th century whites intentionally gave items to Indians that contained smallpox and other viruses. Yes the native population was hit hard by smallpox in the late 1830s. But they were infected accidently, not on purpose. In fact, many whites tried to keep Indians away from the trading posts to reduce their chances of getting smallpox but they came anyway. The Broken Trail website even talks about "biological warfare" to exterminate the Indians. It did not happen. Since most of the people watching Broken Trail aren't well-versed in Western History, they will take "Smallpox Bob" as gospel. It is simply not true.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. jentrd
    2
    could this move any slower
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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