Critic Reviews

It’s the kind of show that sits with you long after it’s over.

The Red Road demands patience, but from what I've seen, it strongly suggests that will be rewarded.

There’s such a richness of story and character here, and the visual and sound people do some great work cranking up the creep factor.

The deliberate pacing and slow revelation of key motivations and certain relationships don't make it easy on viewers, but you didn't tune in for "Law & Order: Mahwah."

This haunting six-episode season explores the deep divide between a parochial community and a marginalized Native American tribe.

While The Red Road is not quite in the same league as "True Detective" or "Broadchurch," it is better than most, and it succeeds at drawing dramatic tension not from lots of plot-twist fireworks, but from the long-simmering resentments, private shames and historical injustices embedded in a community few viewers are familiar with.

Red Road’s depiction of mental illness is one of the most compelling on any scripted series, and Nicholson continues to amaze.

There is a very strong sense of setting here and a few great performances; enough to warrant a look.

A six-part saga awash in fashionable gloom, set in the mountains of New Jersey, and much of the time a compelling one in its picture of the tensions between the Van Der Veens, members of an Indian tribe, and the blue-collar Jensens, headed by Harold (Martin Henderson), a police officer.

It feels productively mysterious. The show tells you covertly a lot about the characters, building them up through bits of behavior and stray remarks that can seem contradictory at first but do start to cohere into something more complex.