Galveston 2018

Hell is real

6.1 / 10   479 vote(s)
NR
Thriller

After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.

Release Date 2018-10-10
Runtime 1h 31m
Directors Mélanie Laurent, Arnaud Potier
Producers Tyler Davidson, Sean O'Brien, Jean Doumanian, Patrick Daly, Dexter Braff, Kevin Flanigan
Writers Nic Pizzolatto, Nic Pizzolatto

Maybe more tried than true, but Galvestone is fine.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

Gimly

Galveston has some very strong moments but it's slow pace and uneventful plot make for an experience that flip flops between gripping crime thriller and tedious melodrama.

Mélanie Laurent shows that she can have a great future as a director if she can just overcome the tendency to present clichés as self-serious original storytelling. Ben Foster and Elle Fanning are good as always, even when their characters don't have a whole lot to do.

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