The Best and Worst Films at SXSW 2017
The 2017 edition of South by Southwest wrapped up its film program last night, and the 10 days of premieres produced some welcome hits (with five films scoring 81 or higher) as well as some surprising misses.
Below, our editors have picked out the most notable films debuting at the festival, and sampled the critical consensus for each one. You can also find bonus reviews for a handful of television shows that premiered at SXSW (though not the highly anticipated upcoming series American Gods, since Starz has embargoed reviews until April 17th).
Director E.L. Katz’s follow-up to Cheap Thrills stars Game of Thrones' Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as crooked former cop Joe Denton, a man looking for redemption but caught between a crooked sheriff, a vengeful DA, and a mafia boss.
Adapted by Katz and Macon Blair (I don’t feel at home in this world anymore.) from David Zeltserman’s novel, the film is “drained of humor” and “becomes one note,” writes Kristy Puchko in her C– review for The Playlist. But ScreenCrush’s Britt Hayes disagrees, finding the film “a solid follow-up that’s more dramatic than its predecessor with the same mean streak.”
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