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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreSavannah gets by on touches of grace and spirited performances, especially by Caviezel. After being so serious for so very long, it’s great fun to see him take on a “genuine character” with all the boozing, brawling and shooting that entails.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAnnette Haywood-Carter’s slow-paced film features a plethora of colorful characters and incidents that register with little dramatic impact.
- 40The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe film’s tale ends up being less rich than its lovely Georgia settings.
- 25The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthSavannah does attempt to tell the story of the friendship of those two accomplished men, but does so in a manner that is so astonishingly tone deaf, confused and narrowly focused that it leaves you almost amazed at the lack of vision behind the entire enterprise.
- 25New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeDirector Annette Haywood-Carter films the proceedings with a sepia-tinged prettiness, but this is a Southern “Downton Abbey,” minus the loopy plot turns and wisecracks that make that series so addictive.
- 20Time OutTime OutThe movie’s story is limp, its romances are flightless and — despite the talented cast — its performances are toothless.
- 20The DissolveAndrew LapinThe DissolveAndrew LapinA dull vanity project for the Southern highborn.
- 20New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsSavannah should win some sort of award for most amount of times you’ll ask, “They roped that guy into this turkey, too?”
- 12Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe film is impossible to take seriously as a commemoration of Moultrie's life or Allen's prolific status because of its plethora of contrivances.
- 10Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerThe story overflows with reverence but is drastically short on passion or suspense.