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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Roy (Ben Foster) is a heavy-drinking criminal enforcer and mob hit man whose boss set him up in a double-cross scheme. After killing his would-be assassins before they could kill him, Roy discovers Rocky (Elle Fanning), a young woman being held captive, and reluctantly takes her with him on his escape. Determined to find safety and sanct...

Directed By: Mélanie Laurent

Written By: Nic Pizzolatto

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 33 m

Galveston

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 28 User Ratings
5.5
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Summary Roy (Ben Foster) is a heavy-drinking criminal enforcer and mob hit man whose boss set him up in a double-cross scheme. After killing his would-be assassins before they could kill him, Roy discovers Rocky (Elle Fanning), a young woman being held captive, and reluctantly takes her with him on his escape. Determined to find safety and sanct...

Directed By: Mélanie Laurent

Written By: Nic Pizzolatto

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
57
47% Positive
8 Reviews
47% Mixed
8 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
57
47% Positive
8 Reviews
47% Mixed
8 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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85
Oct 18, 2018
Laurent’s film is gripping throughout. The filmmaker shrewdly frames each scene to convey the characters’ loneliness and isolation without being too obvious.
By Gary M. Kramer FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 16, 2018
What we are left with is far from a perfect film, but Laurent is a confident director who elevates the pulpy plot of Pizzolato’s novel into a unique reflection of characters on the margins of society. It, also, probably doesn’t hurt that she has Foster and Fanning at the top of their game to deliver the material.
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 28 User Ratings
5.5
29% Positive
8 Ratings
54% Mixed
15 Ratings
18% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 28 User Ratings
5.5
29% Positive
8 Ratings
54% Mixed
15 Ratings
18% Negative
5 Ratings

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7
geewah
Jan 5, 2021
Powerful yet bleak story that is carried by the performances of Fanning and Foster.
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7
Chuker
Nov 24, 2018
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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70
Sep 28, 2018
Laurent walks between pulpy suspense and a more serious grimness as she presents the action.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 18, 2018
Director Mélanie Laurent and actors Ben Foster and Elle Fanning bring some seedy poetry to Galveston, a muted crime drama that runs out of plot too soon, but makes up for it with powerhouse performances and a finely shaded sense of place.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 11, 2018
The actors are game, the action beats are handled with skill. But the story lacked shape.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 15, 2018
The film is a slow, directionless anti-thriller that never manages to build tension or establish any stakes.
By Keith Watson FULL REVIEW
20
Oct 18, 2018
The pitch-black and paper-thin Galveston not only fails to find a way to reinvent, or at least refresh, that old tired idea, it also piles a few more tired ideas on top of it.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
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Voodoo123
Jan 20, 2020
Galveston has some artful cinematography, but even the talented cast and a perfectly paced edit can't defer from its weaker screenplay and numerous spattering of uninspired plot ideas.
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3
LegendaryLass
Dec 14, 2018
For the most part, Galveston doesn't show you anything you haven't seen before: a dying hitman saves a hooker with a heart of gold, there's a troubled child, a motel, is he truly a good man? etc., etc. The upshot here is the performances really elevate the tired material and it's quite enjoyable... until it takes an unmotivated, brutal left turn that destroys the film and seemingly exists only to say "ha ha, got you!" to the audience.
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KenR
Jan 24, 2020
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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1
Mauro_Lanari
Nov 9, 2020
(Mauro Lanari) Pizzolatto changes his name and uses a pseudonym to distance himself from the director, but the more I watch works taken from his manneristic screenplays, the more I think the 1st "True Detective" was an exception.
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Production Company Jean Doumanian Productions, Low Spark Films
Release Date Oct 19, 2018
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline No past. No future. Nothing to lose.
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Philadelphia Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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