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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
60
6.9
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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
Top Cast
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 58 User Ratings
6.9
66% Positive
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
21% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
14% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 58 User Ratings
6.9
66% Positive
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
21% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
14% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
Original well done kept me interested and cant wait for season 2 it should only get better.
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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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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.
Just the thing we need in a sci fi series. Think an American Dark, but a western also, with Leftovers vibes. Brolin is so talented. He can do so much by saying so little. Interesting characters. A slow burn that might frustrate viewers with ADD, but if you like things that keep you guessing and hypothesizing, this type of science fiction and the way it's delivered, it's just solid gold for heady sci fi fans. Great editing too, which also keeps one guessing harder.
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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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Lili Taylor, Josh Brolin, and Will Patton are the big draw to this series, and their performance helped to keep me interested. The scenes are filled with needlessly evasive conversations that go nowhere and add nothing to the plot, making it difficult to feel or build a connection to the characters or story. I tried grabbing on to something, but there was no shock, no thrills, and little to no intrigue. As the plot begins to unfold, It starts to feel like the directors worked against each other in telling this story. I would love to see all of these actors brought together again for a good story with a more seasoned team of writers and directors. As always, if you made it this far, thanks for reading, and if you watch this series, let me know what you think.
Keep it interesting, Stay Channel Surfing!
Damian at TalkTeaV
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Man this show has NO idea what it wants to be. Wife and I agree that the music choices might be the worst in ANY show we have ever watched. Distractingly awful.
It also seems to stubbornly want to say a LOT about God, faith, religion, etc. But its all cynical, critical, and stereotypically Hollywood nihilism. A few of the characters are fairly interesting (Royal, Joy, maybe a couple of others). But at least half of the main cast are annoying and you can't wait for them to be off screen.
Wife and I are still strong defenders of Lost (warts and all) but this puzzle box is a MESS. Instead of building on explaining different plot lines and mysteries, it says "forget those previous two dozen, because here come another dozen more!"
Not a spoiler, but when the wife takes a dead bear cub to a tool shed, comes back to it days later (and it still seemingly isn't rotting or decomposing) and puts her hand it its mouth and forces its jaw to bite down on her **** IT IS NEVER EXPLAINED WHY OR FOR WHAT PURPOSE....I **** just dumb. Big disappointment.
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The mystery of the hole and Imogen Poots slightly creepy character got me through three episodes, but by episode four I was bored. This poorly written show is teeming with cliché characters and the dialogue is mostly generic filler to drag the plot out so they could make more episodes. A short story expanded into a series by filling it in with imprudent obnoxious cardboard characters and noise. The music is horrid. So many writers in Hollycrap (and the other studios) these days are lame. Amazon should stick to losing packages, treating its workers contemptibly and sending billionaires to space. Valuable contributions to society.
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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
