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- 2022
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
Summary Wyoming rancher Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) and his family are dealing with the disappearance of a family member, a rival family wanting to buy them out when a mysterious void appears on their land in this Western thriller created by Brian Watkins.
Created By: Brian Watkins
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Prime Video
Outer Range
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 15, 2022
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7.0
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Summary Wyoming rancher Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) and his family are dealing with the disappearance of a family member, a rival family wanting to buy them out when a mysterious void appears on their land in this Western thriller created by Brian Watkins.
Created By: Brian Watkins
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
60
48% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
43% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
60
48% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
43% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
“The Outer Range” may be a damaged family drama with the catchy hook of inexplicable, uncanny genre, but its most profound and moving qualities may be its ideas of faith and meaning and what happens when the unexplainable shatters what’s left of your beliefs.
"Outer Range" certainly corrals one's attention, wrangling a herd of plotlines into just the first of eight episodes. ... The creator of "Outer Range," newcomer Brian Watkins, is clearly striving for a gothic-in-the-great-outdoors atmosphere and is successful at it, even without the portal.
The show is mostly about how the hole’s very presence affects the Abbotts and the Tillersons, and the way their animus ripples down through generations. Its ambitions are subtle but powerful, and I can’t wait to see how deep the rabbit hole goes in future seasons.
Flashes of dark humor and just plain surrealness keep the show from stalling, but it's a slow burn with many burning questions. Throughout the crowding subplots, it's hard not to think: Can we just get back to that giant hole in the ground, please?
Outer Range has one of the worst momentum problems I've ever seen in a streaming show, squandering an evocative setting and some fun twists on portentous take-forever storytelling that prioritizes hints over character depth.
Outer Range is a lumbering, self-serious hodgepodge of sci-fi and modern Western. Brolin and Poots have, to their credit, bought into the premise of a magical realist love letter to the passing into history of a certain idea of American self-sufficiency. Audiences, though, may find Outer Range more drab than fab – epic only in its drawn-out running time and crying out for a close encounter with a cattle prod.
I do wish it had just decided to rip off “Yellowstone.” Brolin’s good and if the series eschewed the sci-fi conceit there’s enough good actors here to at least make it entertaining. But slathering a sci-fi element on top of it and not understanding what tone to strike doesn’t lead to oil, it leads to crap.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 59 User Ratings
7.0
66% Positive
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
20% Mixed
12 Ratings
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14% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 59 User Ratings
7.0
66% Positive
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
20% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
14% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Amazon Studios
- BCD Travel
- Flame Ventures
- Plan B Entertainment
- Reunion Pacific Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Apr 15, 2022
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA