‘American Primeval' Review: Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin Find Blood in a Hopeless Place
Set during the Utah War of 1857, Peter Berg's limited series lays out a world where love conquers little, indifference is the only path to survival, and wanting anything will only bring death that much faster.
‘American Primeval’ Review: Hopeless on the Range
In the catalog of the modern western, a lot of space is given to stories focused on what is assumed to have been the sheer miserableness of life on the frontier. Viscous carpets of mud. Frigid snowscapes. Scalpings. Rapes. The sibilant impact of arrows puncturing flesh.
‘American Primeval’ is a bloody western meditating on survival in a brutal world
Netflix's limited series starring Betty Gilpin and Taylor Kitsch plays out against the background of the so-called Utah War.
'American Primeval' Reviews Reveal Netflix's Brutal Western is a Mixed Bag
The first reviews for Netflix's brutal Western are out, and the critic response thus far has been mixed, to say the least.
‘American Primeval’ Review: Netflix’s Violent Western Plays Like a Masochistic Binge
Betty Gilpin and Taylor Kitsch headline "American Primeval," Netflix's dirty but delicate tale of intrigue and brutality
American Primeval Review: A Wild West Melting Pot Boils Over
Netflix's most ambitious western to date explores the conflicts that threaten to destroy pluralistic societies
Roush Review: Brutal ‘American Primeval’ Reveals the West at Its Wildest
A relentlessly violent six-part Western stars Betty Gilpin and Taylor Kitsch as travelers in the forbidding Utah territory of 1857, trying to survive amid massacres, mad wolves, and more.
'American Primeval' review: Brutal Western makes 'Game of Thrones' look tame
Lights" creator Peter Berg makes the wild west look like hell on Earth in "American Primeval." There's some good between all the blood.
American Primeval review — Old West saga is a darker alternative to Yellowstone
The fates of these five characters — and those of the people they encounter along the way — unfold over six gruelling and sprawling episodes. The latest offering in TV’s recent Western renaissance, it feels darker and grittier than Taylor Sheridan’s soapy “horse opera” Yellowstone and a world away from the romanticised West of the genre’s heyday.
American Primeval episode 1 recap: Welcome to the brutal American West in 1857
In the first episode of American Primeval, Sara (Betty Gilpin) journeys West to find her husband, but things do not go according to the plan.
Versatile and self-aware, Betty Gilpin moves with ease onscreen and onstage
The actor stars in Netflix's gritty western "American Primeval" and will soon take over the lead role in "Oh, Mary!" on ...
‘American Primeval’ Review: Betty Gilpin Leads Netflix’s Relentlessly Brutal Peter Berg-Helmed Western Miniseries
Creator Mark L. Smith's six-episode examination of scruffy, vicious people traversing the Utah Territory in 1857 also stars ...
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Peter Berg Shows the Ugly Side of American History With the Frustrating “American Primeval”
Around the same time, a young Indigenous woman named Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier) flees from her Shoshone tribe after killing ...
American Primeval star Betty Gilpin's life from famous parents to cancelled Netflix hit
Betty Gilpin is set to star in the Western drama American Primeval but what else is there to know about the actress?
Is 'American Primeval' the First Great Taylor Sheridan Competitor?
The Western series, starring Taylor Kitsch, is a violent and thrilling portrayal of Utah's Mountain Meadows Massacre.