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- Amazon Prime
- Sep 7, 2017
- Amazon Prime
- Sep 7, 2017
Summary The arrival of a new oil refinery led by Elizabeth Bradshaw (Christina Hendricks) in the Canadian town of Little Big Bear brings new crime for police chief Jim Worth (Tim Roth) to deal with and also causes his own secrets to be revealed in this drama created by Rowan Joffé.
- Amazon Prime
- Sep 7, 2017
- Amazon Prime
- Sep 7, 2017
Tin Star
Season 1
Season Premiere: Sep 7, 2017
Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
4.9
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Summary The arrival of a new oil refinery led by Elizabeth Bradshaw (Christina Hendricks) in the Canadian town of Little Big Bear brings new crime for police chief Jim Worth (Tim Roth) to deal with and also causes his own secrets to be revealed in this drama created by Rowan Joffé.
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Joffé drops the thread before it gets anywhere, distracted by another shiny object or revenge-thriller reference. Though it has some lofty goals, the shine quickly comes off of Tin Star.
Tin Star's attempts to out-bloody its predecessors backfire because the brutality is too cartoonish to take seriously. ... The more blood the series sheds, the less weight the violence seems to carry. ... None of the female characters are given much depth in the first five installments. But their struggles are still preferable to the umpteenth iteration of "Blokes Behaving Badly."
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Mixed or Average
Based on 28 User Ratings
4.9
39% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
25% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
36% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 28 User Ratings
4.9
39% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
25% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
36% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
It is an amazing show.
All in all, I had fun with this series: great actors, story and scenery.
The story is quite interesting. British cop moved from London and now working in Canada, peppered with an oil company coming to a small town. Corruption, greed, family and emotions are all there. To fully understand the story I think you will have to follow through with season 1, there is no other option and I don't want to give away the story but I assure you that it will be shocking such as the decisions made by the characters.
The actors and actresses are perfect. You get Tim Roth and Christina Hendricks: playing as always perfectly.
Small town Canada scenery, there's nothing else to say.
This TV show worth every minute of your time. It is a DRAMA, not comedy though.
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SEASON 1
Tin Star, this series takes place in a low populated town in the Canadian Rockies. A veteran detective from the UK transfers to Canadia to become the new police chief of a crew of three himself included, along with him he brings his wife, son, daughter, an old bad work habit. During his first week as the new Chief, he encounters hardship from some of the locales and a larger oil company. This series hits the ground running, never a dull moment. I recommend watching this series over the weekend, I watched it in a day and a half.
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SEASON 1
With a tin ear for nuance and a heavy hand with characterization and plotting, this contrived and unconvincing crime drama set amid the splendor of Canada's Rockies reminds us how easily show like Fargo or Ozark could go off track if we ever felt a step ahead of the predictable action. [2-15 Oct 2017, p.15]
While Tim Roth's character seems bizarrely apathetic, the writers manages to keep up the dark humor and the blood and gory to engage the audience. The show somehow reminds people of an alternate version of Fargo, but many predictable twists ultimately falls a bit flat.
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SEASON 1
I really really wanted to like the show, but they just couldn't get it to work. I will try and avoid any spoilers (which means you won't get much about the story here).
Tin Star is set in Canada, a former London cop named Jim Worth with a mysterious background who also has an alcohol problem (and a violence problem when he is drinking) moves to Canada to become a small town chief of police. There big oil is moving into the area causing problems along with some problems coming back from London to haunt Jim, resulting in big tragedy.
The actors/actresses are great. You have Tim Roth (Lie to Me, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Christopher Heyerdahl (Stargate, Van Helsing, many other tv shows) all of whom want to do a good job and they have all proven in the past that they are capable.
The issues of the series are the writing and editing/directing. They take the characters too far, make them unbelievable, the situation with Jim Worth is especially unbelievable (not his history, rather that they don't sack him in the third episode let alone later), and they totally don't use Hendricks or Heyerdahl at all to their advantage.
All that being said, the editing/direction was way worse. The first several episodes keeps jumping back and forth in time, makes it a bit confusing and doesn't bring anything to the story. When in doubt, tell the story linearly, the whole back and forth just annoys viewers.
Pros: The actors really were trying.
Cons: Editing, directing, just the whole plot.
Don't watch it, I definitely won't catch a season 2 if it happens.
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SEASON 1
The lead actor seems to have two lines to remember: F*** me! Wife and I tried watching two episodes to give the show a fair chance, but we decided not to bother watching anymore. The show just is not that entertaining as are the characters.
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