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Gritty Noir With Deep Southern Soul

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2018

Powerful and haunting, moody and un-even, like a slowly building hurricane, when Galveston reaches full force it will knock you down. Ben Foster and Elle Fanning give exceptional performances as two very different people with troubled lives who find themselves together in a terrible circumstance. Director Melanie Laurent proves she is as stunning behind the camera as she is in front of it. For fans of heavy noir style and deep south atmosphere. Galveston is a "must see".

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Avg Joe

Main character is a bonafide loser. Goes nowhere very, very slowly.

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2019

Tedious exercise in watching a low level thug (not an assassin as described) make mistakes. Dumb ones. Had to fast forward the last 20 minutes to see if it got better. It didn't. Mostly watching people walking around a cheap motel. Had potential for 10 minutes then fizzled again.
Acting's solid and utterly wasted. Lighting's too dark, but there's really nothing to see regardless.
This script really didn't have any reason to be made into a movie. You will see more excitement and plot development sitting on the steps of porch in a slum... dreary and boring.

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Kelly

VERY BLEAK

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020

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This film was described by some reviewers as being similar to a classic "film noir", but I disagree. I thought it was just a plain old Southern tragedy. It doesn't have the style of the classic noir films or a lot of the themes of that genre. I adore a good noir, but this movie was just damn depressing...so, so bleak. I really wish I had skipped this one! For a legitimate film noir try "Blood Simple", "Body Heat", "The Lady from Shanghai", or the 2 very best noir films: "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (the Lana Turner version), and "Double Indemnity"

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Roy Lent

My opinion of Elle went to 0% !

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2019

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My opinion of Elle just wanted from 100% to 0% - no. 1 it should have been marked as X - promoting prostitution & drug use & nudity & touristic homicide - basically trash ! Rather than spending the money to send back , I'll destroy it .

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Sadtaco

Boring

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2018

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Couldn't even tell you what it was about, stopped following with 15 minutes

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OneBkNY

Galveston

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2019

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Eh. Good actors, story was sketchy.

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I'm just saying

seen better.

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2019

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Didnt like the ending.

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franceszirbel

Storyline

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2019

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o.k., but not worth watching again

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Lindsey doughty

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Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2019

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Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2018

Roy (Ben Foster) is a hitman who is set up. He manages to survive and absconds town with a teen escort named Rocky (Elle Fanning) who has had a very rough life. Roy has dark spots on his lungs, smokes, and coughs. Rocky is more trouble than what she is worth and comes with baggage. However, what Roy and Rocky have in common is a desire to do the right thing in spite of their past.

The characters were realistically boring. Elle Fanning did a convincing job in a film that doesn't go anywhere. And what happened to the lung cancer?

Guide: F-word. Brief sex and nudity.

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Manducccar

Traurig,traurig, traurig.

Reviewed in Germany on May 25, 2021

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Hätte mir ein positives Ende gewünscht. Ich war richtig deprimiert am Ende und habe es bereut mir diesen Film angesehen zu haben.

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