1883

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Season 1
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
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Critic Reviews

  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Liam Mathews
    Dec 19, 2021
    60
    Overall, 1883 is a grand, well-made Western adventure that fans of the genre and the less soapy parts of Yellowstone will enjoy, should they choose to embark on the perilous journey from cable into the streaming frontier.
  2. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Dec 19, 2021
    55
    Westerns were plentiful in TV's early days and are now fairly rare, so it's always somewhat refreshing to see an ambitious show within that genre. But to paraphrase the advice Dutton receives, when you have the opportunity to mount a series of this scale in the rough-and-tumble frontier of streaming, you better know how to do it a little better than this.

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#70 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 25
  3. Negative: 4 out of 25
  1. shoulderoforion
    Dec 25, 2021
    7
    I do love me a good western, haven't' seen many good one's on TV lately, a little bored of Yellowstone after it got REAL soapy after the firstI do love me a good western, haven't' seen many good one's on TV lately, a little bored of Yellowstone after it got REAL soapy after the first season, but figured I'd give this a try and the first two episodes were good. Faith Hill is a good actor, Tim McGraw is not bless his heart he's trying so hard, the superstar cameos are fun, and the supporting cast are fine, you will always get me to tune in for Sam the man Elliot. This is now in my rotation.… Full Review »
  2. jeanrenoir
    Mar 6, 2022
    9
    Great cinematography and production values throughout. Excellent acting, too, with a perfect cast--especially the incomparable Sam Elliot. InGreat cinematography and production values throughout. Excellent acting, too, with a perfect cast--especially the incomparable Sam Elliot. In the tradition of Lonesome Dove but decades later, and much grimmer. Clearly influenced by the Coens' excellent Ballad of Buster Scroggs in its relentless grimness, but much straighter, less imaginative and absurdist in its very straight vision, more suited for a TV audience than the Coens' art houses. Can't rise to the emotional power of Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones in Lonesome Dove, but well done. Seems to me very much an End of the American Empire retrospective, elegiac look at just how grim American experience has been, the opposite of the old Ronald Reagan bull about the wondrousness of the West and Westerners. Sure, it looks gorgeous, as America out there does. But what a hell hole it has been for so many, and no wonder arguably the best history of these Westerners, summarizing their relentless self-centeredness in struggling to survive is called It's Your Problem and None of My Own. Well worth watching.… Full Review »
  3. gxm143
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    Best western on TV since Deadwood. Original. Views natives, and southerners, as individuals. Sam Elliott deserves an Emmy.
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