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- 2021
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- 2021
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
Summary Del Harris (Jeff Daniels), the chief of police in a small Pennsylvania Rust Belt town is tested on how far would he go to protect the son (Alex Neustaedter) of a woman (Maura Tierney) he loves from murder charges in this drama series based on Philipp Meyer's novel of the same name.
Created By: Dan Futterman
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
American Rust
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 5, 2021
48
6.3
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Summary Del Harris (Jeff Daniels), the chief of police in a small Pennsylvania Rust Belt town is tested on how far would he go to protect the son (Alex Neustaedter) of a woman (Maura Tierney) he loves from murder charges in this drama series based on Philipp Meyer's novel of the same name.
Created By: Dan Futterman
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
48
17% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
75% Mixed
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
If there’s any downside to this new season it’s that the first half feels stronger than the second half. Returning characters’ personality changes in the first half of the new season are necessary tweaks that help lift the show’s overall mood, which makes “American Rust” more entertaining and less depressing.
Big narrative promises have been made – the question is, can the series make good on them as it continues?
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
6.3
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
6.3
60% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
13% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
27% Negative
4 Ratings
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While the framework sounds like it has all the makings of a twisty murder mystery, American Rust has a maddeningly peculiar way of downplaying just about everything, so there’s no urgency in the three episodes provided to critics.
Everything in this is predictable, up to and including the inciting incident. ... American Rust likely has a story worth telling, and a setting worth exploring, but this version fails to make much of a case for either.
Mare of Easttown got there first, and did it way better.
None of these threads are particularly interesting, as much as they’re given a heavy gray filter that screams “prestige TV.” Not even Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney can make the story all that provocative within its humble demeanor.
This gender-flipped Mare of Easttown benefits from a solid Jeff Daniels as a police chief stalking a killer in a dying, Pennsylvania steel town, but even this terrific actor is not enough to save a dry, dreary, humorless series that stalls when it most needs to accelerate.
Production Company:
- Boat Rocker Studios
- Factory Underground
- South Slope Pictures
Initial Release Date: Sep 5, 2021
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination
Lady Parts TV Awards
• 1 Nomination
