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- Prime Video
- Apr 15, 2022
- Prime Video
- Apr 15, 2022
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
- Prime Video
- Apr 15, 2022
- Prime Video
- Apr 15, 2022
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
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 User Ratings
7.4
74% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
16% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
11% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 User Ratings
7.4
74% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
16% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
11% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Outer Range is a combination of a big family feud meets Supernatural suspense with a murder element to kick up the dust. It's a Western, but so much more and Brolin delivers a gritty and tough performance as Royal. I'm drawn in and blown away by the way this was put together to draw all these niches into one amazing and captivating series. This show features a fabulous storyline with a great ensemble cast that shines!
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SEASON 1
Outer Range is of the mixed genre modern-western, science-fiction. If you do not enjoy one of those genres, you probably won't enjoy Outer Range.
The casting, acting, directing, editing, cinematography are all very good. I'm withholding judgement on the writing.
The plot and the overall story arc are obviously developing and are in set-up phases this being the first season. If you require your TV series to answer all questions by the end of each episode, you will be very disappointed. You may as well accept it may take several seasons to receive closure on various things that happen in the first season.
The plot is not simple and the issues it raises are not simple. If you don't like to think too much when watching film you probably will not enjoy Outer Range.
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SEASON 1
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.
Comparing it to Yellowstone is dumb. This far superior show simply uses the cowboy life as a poignant reminder of our "negative" freedom (freedom of external forces) to emphasize our "positive" freedom (free will). Of course, it's also copying Lost's original concept of "realistic irrationality" (or is it the other way around?) but it improves on the delightiful feeling of dread and despair it suffuses thanks to a much more focused approach on a few characters and a few so-called existential questions of freedom, nihilism and religion.
The photography and cinematography is superb. Acting and editing, excellent as well. But that is not enough for our....American **** critics who gave a low score as their primary school scorecards of so-called minorities returned all but one measly lesbian "native" American sheriff. Surely the showrunners will want to kowtow to the Red Guard by adding one transgender handicapped black teen in the next season.
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SEASON 1
A good start for these first two episodes. Mysteries, convincing actors (Josh Brolin at the top). Promising series. I don't understand the 60 meta from the pros.
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SEASON 1
It's a decent show but does seem to lack focus. I'm excited to see a season 2 that can improve upon the first.
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SEASON 1
I like syfy but the plot is simple and tries to be way more than it is. The introduction of stupid people doing stupid things as though such things are normal is boring. The production is very slow and injected with classic scary parts as though this was a Hallmark production of Syfy - Heaven forbid!
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SEASON 1
It started out fairly interesting, but turned into an asinine rendition of Twin Peaks by the 6th Episode. Amazingly, there isn't a single likeable character on the show. If you are a fan of camp and looking for a good laugh - albeit unintentional - then the show might work for you.
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SEASON 1