Rating of
2/4
Lone Star review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 09/02/13
The picture revolves around Sheriff Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper), his father Sheriff Buddy Deeds (Matthew McConaughey) and Charlie Wade (Kris Kristofferson). Too many subplots and characters were inserted to the main story which adds to the length and hampers the pace of the movie. Wonderfully depicted by Cooper and Kristofferson, the supporting cast was average. Soundtrack was applicable to the setting and direction was skillful. Frances McDormand has a small role in here as well. Screenplay was effective with lines: "Everybody's killing everybody else." “No telling yet if there's been a crime, but this country's seen a fair amount of disagreements over the years,” and "People change." Overall, Lone Star could have been one of the best of its genre, the mystery aspects and fabulous direction were noteworthy, its dreadful pacing and additional sub-stories left it uninteresting for this critic.
