The Road to Galveston (1996 TV Movie) User Reviews

Cicely Tyson Delivers Another Strong Performance

[savanna-2 · 7/10 · 23 January 2000]

I consider Cicely Tyson to be among the greatest actresses of the past 30 years. She's outstanding in almost every film and really has the ability to pull the viewer in emotionally. She touches the heart.

This is a heart rending film and all the performances are strong. Since it is a made for TV movie, I'm not sure about it's video availability, but do know that it is shown on some of the "super stations", so if you can't find it at a local video store, check the TV listings.

Galveston Oh Galveston

[Theo Robertson · 1/10 · 20 October 2003]

Apologies if the above summary doesn`t tie in with the rest of the review but the title reminded me of the Glenn Campbell song . Truth be told singalonga Glenn was th only pleasure I got while watching this dire TVM . A black woman called Jordan decides to open a care home in order to make some money . Not a very exciting plot but it`s difficult to explain how dire it all is because of many very slow scenes . Did I say it`s dire ? Good because I want to spell it out for you - This TVM is D-I-R-E . The first third of the story features some of the slowest scenes ever witnessed in a TVM . The worst thing is these scenes usually end up going absolutely nowhere anyway so why were they included ? Strangely for a TVM we`re treated to the "N" word , the "B" word and even the "O" word but this doesn`t make THE ROAD TO GALVESTON a more eventful journey . The only positive thing about this TVM is that it points out that it`s a very bad idea to let a drunk supervise senile old ladies but I guess everyone knew that same as everyone knows letting your kids spend the night at Neverland ranch can lead to dire consequences

Number of times the word " dire " appeared in the above review - 5