{"id":168604,"date":"2025-12-04T23:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/168604\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T23:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:45:07","slug":"the-abandons-reviews-are-in-see-what-critics-are-saying-about-netflixs-western-tv-drama-aisling-franciosi-brian-f-obyrne-clayton-cardenas-diana-silvers-ell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/168604\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Abandons\u2019 Reviews Are in \u2013 See What Critics Are Saying About Netflix\u2019s Western TV Drama | Aisling Franciosi, Br\u00edan F. O’Byrne, Clayton Cardenas, Diana Silvers, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, Gillian Anderson, Haig Sutherland, Jack Doolan, Jonathan Koensgen, Katelyn Wells, Lamar Johnson, Lena Headey, Lucas Till, Marc Menchaca, Michael Greyeyes, Michael Ornstein, Michiel Huisman, Natalia del Riego, Netflix, Nick Robinson, Patton Oswalt, Reviews, Ryan Hurst, Sarah White, Television, The Abandons, Toby Hemingway, Trailers | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Abandons<\/a> is one of the brand new shows on Netflix<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a synopsis of the Western drama TV series, which hit the streamer<\/a> on Thursday (December 4): \u201cWashington Territory \u2013 1854 \u2013 The matriarchs of two very different families \u2014 one of wealth and privilege bound by blood, the other a found family of orphans and outcasts bound by love and necessity \u2014 find their fates linked by two crimes, an awful secret, a star-crossed love, and a piece of land with silver underneath. The collision echoes the American struggle of the haves and have-nots, in a place just beyond the reach of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s 7-episode first season is out now, and stars Lena Headey<\/a>, Gillian Anderson<\/a>, Nick Robinson<\/a>, Diana Silvers<\/a>, Lamar Johnson<\/a>, Natalia Del Riego<\/a>, Lucas Till<\/a>, Aisling Franciosi<\/a>, Toby Hemingway<\/a>, Michael Greyeyes<\/a>, Ryan Hurst<\/a>, Katelyn Wells<\/a>, Clayton Cardenas<\/a>, Elle Maija Tailfeathers<\/a>, Brian F OByrne<\/a>, Marc Menchaca<\/a>, Patton Oswalt<\/a>, Michael Ornstein<\/a>, Jonathan Koensgen<\/a>, Jack Doolan<\/a>, Michiel Huisman<\/a>, Haig Sutherland<\/a> and Sarah White<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what critics are saying so far\u2026<\/p>\n

The Abandons currently has a 44% rating on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RogerEbert.com<\/a> says: \u201cThe nuggets of melodrama, and some sumptuous Western production design, can\u2019t make up for the feeling that, save the novelty of its female-led focus, we\u2019ve seen so much of this kind of show before. Its scope is vast, but its depth is shallow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Daily Beast<\/a> says: \u201cA pretender through and through, piling on clich\u00e9s without any sense of authenticity, rhythm, or originality.\u201d<\/p>\n

CBR<\/a> gives it a 6 out of 10, writing: \u201cThe Abandons [has] a slight edge that lets its story blossom over seven episodes, but there are still underlying problems poisoning the roots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collider<\/a> gives it a 4 out of 10, writing: \u201cIt\u2019s hard not to wonder what The Abandons would have looked like if [Kurt] Sutter<\/a> had remained to steer<\/a> the ship from beginning to end, but in his absence, the Netflix western series can\u2019t sustain any significant narrative momentum\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

TV Guide<\/a> gives it a 5.5 out of 10, writing: \u201cIt\u2019s easy to imagine a more entertaining version of The Abandons where Headey and Anderson really get to cook, but here they\u2019re just battling against unmemorable material.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday (December 3), the cast and crew of The Abandons attended a Western-themed carpet and streaming event at Netflix\u2019s Tudum Theater in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Check out all the photos from the premiere inside, as well as images from the series\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Abandons is one of the brand new shows on Netflix! Here\u2019s a synopsis of the Western drama…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-168604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}