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Movie Reviews of Texasville
Movie Review: Excellent Sequel.
Summary: 4 Stars
Although not well received by the critics, this sequel to The Last Picture Show is now widely recognised as an excellent film.
Laced with explicit and tacit references to the old days, it rekindles that unique atmosphere so meticulously created by Bogdanovich in the original. There are many contrasts, though. This film is set in summer amid stifling heat while its forerunner was icy cold, with the wild Texas wind howling throughout. The overall feel of the film is similarly hot and potent, a far cry from the desolation of the original.
The characters have moved on too yet many of their traits persist. Duane uncertain, Sonny looking like a lost soul, still seeing his own last picture show in his mind and Jacy elegant yet austere. Lester, still awkward is now a manic banker teetering on the brink of disaster.
Beautifully shot, this really is a commendable effort to continue the story, albeit decades on. The spirits of Benny and Sam the Lion loom large and the transient nature of life is carefully and starkly exposed.
Movie Review: underrated
Summary: 4 Stars
While not the monument that "The Last Picture Show" is, this is a thoroughly excellent film which proves, at least to me, that Peter Bogdanovich is anything but a has-been. The film captures the loosely-controlled chaos of the novel quite ably, and the performances are uniformly excellent. I was especially charmed that Bogdanovich kept the style he used in "Picture Show" of having the score composed entirely of source music; that's a fine way of linking the second film with the first one. My only complaint, really, is that the DVD doesn't have a lick of supplementary material. I'd have loved to have seen the deleted scenes, and also a documentary about the reunion of the cast. I'll echo an earlier reviewer's wish for a third Bogdanovich/McMurtry pairing with this cast in an adaptation of "Duane's Depressed," the final part of the trilogy.Movie Review: A sleeper of a movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie, although not well-known, is a pleasant surprise. It is a very good sequel to The Last Picture Show. For anyone living in Texas in the mid-1980's it has special meaning - the fall in oil prices, the frequent bankrupties, and the general feeling of malaise. The characterization is especially good, as is typical of McMurtry. Jeff Bridges is superb. It is the type of movie that one can enjoy seeing several times, since the characters fit so well together. For a movie done in the 1980's the technical production is also very acceptable.Movie Review: Sequel To Last Picture Show
Summary: 4 Stars
Because I consider "Last Picture Show" one of the best movies I've ever seen, I was surprised and pleased to see that a sequel, (Texasville), was made several years later. Although it is not up to the impact made by Last Picture Show I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, particularly seeing someone that I consider America's FINEST actor -- CLORIS LEACHMAN.Movie Review: classic
Summary: 4 Stars
This was an interesting update on the lives of the characters in the movie "The Last Picture Show". Did miss Ben Johnson though--he died in the first movie.