Galveston
After a violent encounter with his boss’ men, Roy finds a prostitute and sees something in her frightened, defiant 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.
13 September 1996, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
December 13, 1981 in New York
9 December 1941, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 April 1998, Conyers, Georgia, USA
8 November 1986, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
October 18, 2018
In "Galveston," the always committed Ben Foster boosts director Mélanie Laurent's adaptation of a Nic Pizzolatto novel. It's a grim and brutal picture.
October 18, 2018
With shadowy imagery that pushes the boundaries of visibility and a mumbly lead performance from Ben Foster that strains the limits of intelligibility, "Galveston" goes past film noir and lands at film murk.
October 15, 2018
Despite its ostensive seriousness, "Galveston" is a tepid crime drama without talons sharp enough to sink into the audience.
October 18, 2018
An elegantly simple film that doesn't need any fancy gimmicks and thrives on the strength of its performers, script and impeccable direction.
October 19, 2018
Laurent's film is gripping throughout. The filmmaker shrewdly frames each scene to convey the characters' loneliness and isolation without being too obvious.
October 18, 2018
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.
October 17, 2018
The coda abruptly re-configures a tired crime saga into an altogether different kind of story, one that doesn't see redemption as something Roy might achieve for himself, but rather as something that he can give to the people who need it from him.
October 18, 2018
[T]he film abandons its thriller trappings and becomes a study of how these characters -- as unlikely as the pairing may be -- need each other.
October 18, 2018
A sort of modern film noir peopled by flawed figures with bleak prospects, one that offers a pervasively downbeat ambience but not much dramatic insight.
October 16, 2018
There are some late, minor twists in Galveston that suggest the movie has more on its mind than it lets on - but they ultimately don't amount to much.
October 18, 2018
Foster delivers reliably good work here.
October 16, 2018
Everything about Galveston is expertly realized, provided you're willing to ignore the nagging emptiness where its emotional core was meant to be.
