It's got a great cast. Jeff Daniels is good in everything he does. Maura Tierney stretches herself as an actress playing the working class seamstress in a dead end town. The supporting cast also set the tone of people stuck in their hometown all sleep walking through their lives. We've seen this before but done better. (Mare of Eastown). After 1 episode, where the characters and story are introduced and set up though, so far there is no emotional "hook". Yes there's a murder and all is not at it seems, but the pacing of the story is very slow. I'm not really rooting for anyone yet. None of the characters (including the leads are particularly interesting or even likable. Still, I'm interested enough to try another episode or 2 to see how it all unfolds. Watching a lot of these murder in a small town mystery series that we're seeing on cable these days, sometimes the stories take a while to get where they're going!
Review of American Rust
