It all looks good, though, and the actors - epecially Bridges and Potts - are clearly having a ball.
Texasville (1990)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:12
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Director Peter Bogdanovich revisits small-town Texas life in the long-awaited sequel to his 1971 masterpiece THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. It's been over 30 years since Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges), Sonny... Director Peter Bogdanovich revisits small-town Texas life in the long-awaited sequel to his 1971 masterpiece THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. It's been over 30 years since Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges), Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms), and Jacy Farrow (Cybill Shepherd) graduated from high school. Life is still bittersweet as the town prepares to host the county's centennial celebration. Duane struck it rich with oil, but is saddled with $12 million in debt and a shop-a-holic wife, Karla (Annie Potts). To make matters worse, his dysfunctional children are out of control: his teenage son has affairs with older, married women; his daughter is on a continuous carousel of divorces and engagements; and the twins are egg throwing, smart-mouthed adolescents. Duane himself is a local legend with the ladies, but he's completely thrown when Jacy, who's been living abroad, returns to his sleepy hometown to mourn the death of her child. Sonny, meanwhile, has become a local politician and businessman, but is increasingly forgetful and suffers from all too realistic hallucinations. Other cast members reprising their original roles from the first film include Cloris Leachman as Ruth Popper, Eileen Brennan as Genevieve Morgan, and Randy Quaid as Lester Marlow. TEXASVILLE, like its prequel, is based on a Larry McMurtry novel. [More]
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Timothy Bottoms
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Timothy Bottoms, Randy Quaid, Eileen Brennan, Annie Potts, William McNamara
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Story: Larry McMurtry
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Reviews for Texasville
Bittersweet drama about the different changes in middle-age for men and women.
It is, in a sense, like a high school reunion, taking people we last saw in 1951 and continuing their histories in the early 1980s.
must have seemed like a good idea at the time. But the result is muddled at best.
both a funny and a sad look at contemporary small town life during the Reagan years
The Last Picture Show is a stark and hypnotic portrait of a West Texas town in its final death throes, a lyrical and touching film about friendship and love and sex. Texasville is about nothing.
Fairly lukewarm sequel to an American classic. Has its moments, but not enough of them.
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