Coastlines Critic Reviews
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It's a heartfelt movie that could have used a zigzaggier undercurrent, though Olyphant, in the sort of role that Paul Newman used to swagger through, has a star's easy command.Read the full review
Lacks the subtle power of the previous two efforts, although boasting effective performances from its terrific cast.Read the full review
A melodramatic step backward for writer-director Victor Nunez after his last two pictures, the first-rate "Ruby in Paradise" and "Ulee's Gold."Read the full review
A larger problem is the film's attempt to piece together a hard-boiled crime drama with a soft-boiled soap opera, ultimately giving precedence to the suds and adding a sickly lemon scent.Read the full review
That love triangle is Coastlines' center. Trouble is, it plays more like canned heat than blazing inferno.Read the full review
For fans of Nunez's previous work, it's almost as if he put in all the clichés he would normally avoid and left out the wonderfully textured internal moments that made "Ruby" and "Ulee's Gold" unique.Read the full review
