David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town, on the eve of the town's celebration of the state's sesquicentennial. He meets various colorful local characters, most notably Lewis Fyne, a big-hearted bachelor in search of matrimony.... (Full plot summary below)
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David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town, on the eve of the town's celebration of the state's sesquicentennial. He meets various colorful local characters, most notably Lewis Fyne, a big-hearted bachelor in search of matrimony.
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| NewsweekJack KrollEven the ordinary moments in True Stories seem a little odd, as if the actors are trying to humor the weirdo they're working for. |
| Miami HeraldBill CosfordTrue Stories may well appeal more to those who don't know much about Mr. Byrne's music career than those who do. The soundtrack songs have the catchy simplicity of Talking Heads' most recent and least demanding compositions. And the film's imagery, expertly captured in bold, bright colors by Ed Lachman, will be even more striking to those who find it novel. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyTrue Stories is an Our Town for our time, a slightly surreal portrait of the fictional frontier village of Virgil, Texas, sprung from a pancake landscape and hogtied with freeways. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonJoyous, daft and hauntingly original, True Stories is Byrne's magical mystery tour of Texas: an introduction to the imaginary town of Virgil and its faintly surreal folks. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyByrne has made his version of Our Town for the 1980s, a glorification of commonplace--and kitch--and the resilient, inventive spirit of ordinary Americans wherever they are. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasA very quirky but not unkind take on American life that's Byrnian through and through. |
| Film InquiryShawn GlinisTrue Stories was a film that was in dire need of resuscitating in HD, and in the process of doing so, Criterion has put out one of their most creative sets to date, aptly matching the eccentric register of Byrne's masterpiece. |
| Film FrenzyMatt BrunsonThe best parts are, not surprisingly, the ample musical interludes. The character vignettes run hot and cold, with many registering as little more than quirky caricatures. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelTrue Stories is united not by narrative, but by Byrne's sensibility, and this is where it descends from being a boring piece of whimsy into something reprehensible. |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyAn exuberant and wonderfully oddball stew of deadpan comedy, character drama, music video, and art installation. |
