Galveston

Name: Galveston
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 19, 2018
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Adepero Oduye, Anniston Price, Beau Bridges, Ben Foster, Christopher Amitrano

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Les Bookmakers | Release Date: October 19, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Adepero Oduye, Anniston Price, Beau Bridges, Ben Foster, Christopher Amitrano, Elle Fanning, G. Peter King, Heidi Lewandowski, Jamel Chambers, Jay DeVon Johnson, Jeffrey Grover, Jimmie Lee Sessoms, Lili Reinhart, María Valverde, Mark Hicks, Michael Ray Escamilla, Robert Aramayo, Tinsley Price, Tuesday Beebe

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 andRoy (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 sanctuary in Galveston, Roy must find a way to stop his boss from pursuing them while trying to outrun the demons from his and Rocky’s pasts.… Expand

Director: Mélanie Laurent

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 91 min

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Gary M. Kramer

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. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Oct 19, 2018

Galveston is the film equivalent of a familiar, not too special song that's been brilliantly re-arranged and performed. Read full review

Tatiana Craine

Oct 18, 2018

Laurent's work as an actor serves her well as a director, and she allows her performers the freedom to find each moment’s emotional core. Foster and Fanning are excellent, their chemistry intensified by their characters' shared bitterness and loss of what could have been. Read full review

Noel Murray

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. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Dec 11, 2018

The actors are game, the action beats are handled with skill. But the story lacked shape. Laurent had the cachet to land a great cast, but not the skill to bend a tired, unsurprising journey and the script that relates it into something more interesting. Read full review

Barbara VanDenburgh

Oct 18, 2018

Despite its ostensive seriousness, Galveston is a tepid crime drama without talons sharp enough to sink into the audience. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

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. Read full review

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Chuker

Nov 24, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Slow paced, but good movie. Great acting. It doesn´t have happy ending; like real life.… Expand

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geewah

Jan 5, 2021

Powerful yet bleak story that is carried by the performances of Fanning and Foster.

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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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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 quiteFor 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.… Expand

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KenR

Jan 24, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Everyone in this grotty movie is unlikeable, and it remains that way right up till the last few minutes, where we get a shock to be introduced to a soul to actually feel for. Bleak can be good in screen drama but when there is little or no relief, it can drain viewer interest. It’s likely to have some wanting to leave these somewhat moronic characters to those who enjoy putting up with grungy situations - filled with characters driven by self-absorption and violence. Much of the slowly paced action is played out in semi-darkness making it all feel twice as long. This is new age story-telling that’s likely to leave many viewers wanting more clarity to make investing an hour and a half worthwhile. An atmospheric score eventually goes nowhere and the dismal story of a hit-man on the run soon wears thin. Performances are OK, but mostly wasted as there’s little to hang them on – and, an overly ‘arty’ ending doesn’t help. As for finding enjoyment, some will, but I fear many more won’t.… Expand

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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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