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True Stories

1986

David Byrne

David Byrne, John Goodman, Annie McEnroe, Spalding Gray ...

6.8

237

Musical. Comedy A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.

	Media	Author	Review
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	'"'True Stories'' is a pure and jubilant extension of Mr. Byrne's distinctive world view."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's a bold attempt to paint a bizarre American landscape. This movie does what some painters try to do: It recasts ordinary images into strange new shapes (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Jake Cole Slant	"The actors portray these characters with an unpretentious openness that renders them unexpectedly relatable (...) 'True Stories' moves in unpredictable patterns (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Jim Tudor Screen Anarchy	"Mr. Byrne, I hope you're happy with what you've made (...) There are so many stories in Virgil, Texas (...) And who can say it isn't beautiful?"
		Luke Y. Thompson Forbes	"Masterpiece (...) It's maybe one of the best movies about America of all time"
		Pat Graham Chicago Reader	"It's clever enough (...) My guess is that the script reads better than it plays, though Byrne probably thought it could play any old way and still be funny, which isn't quite true"
		Time Out	"'True Stories' has a handful of brilliant musical set pieces (...) interweaving plots and its plethora of vivid performances"

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