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What we are left with is far from a perfect film, but Laurent is a confident director who elevates the pulpy plot of Pizzolato?s novel into a unique reflection of characters on the margins of society. It, also, probably doesn?t hurt that she has Foster and Fanning at the top of their game to deliver the material.
The Hollywood Reporter
Laurent walks between pulpy suspense and a more serious grimness as she presents the action.
The A.V. Club
This latest film isn?t entirely successful ? Pizzolatto?s book stubbornly resists first-time screenwriter Jim Hammett?s efforts to reshape its narrative for the screen ? but it confirms Laurent as a significant talent behind the lens, particularly adept at building queasy tension.
Indiewire
It takes far too long for 'Galveston' to emerge from the novocaine of its various clichés and allow us to feel the tender flesh that bleeds across every scene of this seedy road noir, but ? in fairness to director Mélanie Laurent ? some filmmakers are never able to break the leathered skin of a Nic Pizzolatto story.
New York Times
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.
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Roger Ebert
Foster is very good, and Fanning is even better, but ?Galveston? is one of those movies that ended, and I wondered why I had taken the journey.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote