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In Theaters Now
- 2024
- Unrated
- Brainstorm Media
- 1 h 52 m
- 2024
- Unrated
- Brainstorm Media
- 1 h 52 m
Summary Broke and depressed, Ray (John Magaro) is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip (Steve Zahn), he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.
Directed By: Shane Atkinson
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- Unrated
- Brainstorm Media
- 1 h 52 m
- 2024
- Unrated
- Brainstorm Media
- 1 h 52 m
LaRoy, Texas
68
5.3
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Summary Broke and depressed, Ray (John Magaro) is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip (Steve Zahn), he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.
Directed By: Shane Atkinson
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
68
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Watching “LaRoy” is a lot like the seedy motel affairs that all of its characters seem to be having — two hours of fun, followed by a tragic feeling of emptiness and a desire for a shower.
It’s that assured blending of emotions that makes “LaRoy, Texas” a sturdy tonal journey—a film enamored with those living on the fringes of respectability—that bodes well for whatever freewheeling story Atkinson hopes to tell next.
John Magaro, Steve Zahn, and Dylan Baker lead a cast of stellar character actors in a film that winds up being one of the better Fargo-adjacent movies we’ve gotten in some time.
LaRoy is the work of a director with unmistakable joy for this genre, approaching the material with a welcome earnestness.
There's an aloofness to the violence that gets more morbidly funny as the film goes on, but LaRoy, Texas does not trust its darker sensibilities and the last 15 minutes drift back into a conventional lane and away from the bizarre and fiendish tone that was unexpectedly working up until that point.
If Atkinson isn’t quite the Coen inheritor he aspires to be, this hectic flurry of schemers, snatchers and low-lifes puts him three-quarters of the way to inventing a new genre: Texan noir farce.
User Score
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Based on 6 User Ratings
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Based on 6 User Ratings
5.3
50% Positive
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17% Mixed
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Awards
Deauville Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Gasparilla International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
