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Jan 5, 2021
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Powerful yet bleak story that is carried by the performances of Fanning and Foster.
Nov 9, 2020
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(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.
Jan 20, 2020
6
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.
Dec 14, 2018
3
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.
