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American Rust

Name: American Rust
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2021-09-12
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Maura Tierney, David Alvarez, Alex Neustaedter, Julia Mayorga

2021 | 2 seasons | Drama, Crime

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a small audience and a quick end and middling reviews (28% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for crime-drama fans. If you loved The Leftovers or Ballard, start here.
The mood: Dark and gritty.
The pace: 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings.
What might put you off: Rated TV-MA: expect violence.
It was cancelled, so the story may not get a proper ending.

A compelling family drama and a timeless story told through the eyes of complicated and compromised chief of police Del Harris of a Pennsylvania Rust Belt town full of good people making bad choices.