True Stories

Audience Reviews

View More

Michael R @RT48536375 07/31/2025 As a Texan, this movie really displayed all the sides and aspects of Texas and really understood it. Mega malls, gossipers, tejano, metal garages, mega churches, large suburbs in the middle of nowhere, Santeria. It displays everything without anything taking front stage. It’s a beautiful movie. See more Courtney K @c0urtn3y 01/30/2023 gosh; this has been on my list to rate for a while now - i watched it maybe a month ago & i don't remember anything about it besides John Goodman's character & David Byrne himself. so i guess i must not have liked it that much, haha. See more SICKS6SIX @sicks6six 12/06/2022 Just watched this film for the 1st time. watch it if you haven't as it is funny. See more andres s @RT93190512 11/29/2021 I love how quirky, offbeat and sarcastic David sounds. As if he's a presenter who doesn't really want to be presenting lol. But I think that's just the lovable way he is. I loved all the information he was giving. Explaining to us the beginnings of our country and how much war and violence there was between different cultures and settlers. It really was nasty business. "The Marshmeeaallow!" and "Yup, it's fancy driving alright" were fucking hilarious. David really has a great and unique sense of humor. Real wholesome and sweet how he had all those random people singing Wild Wild Life as karaoke. That was great. It's a clever little satire on American culture and its people. All the ridiculousness that goes on in this country. I mean look at the lady that doesn't get out of her bed because she can afford to do so, and look at the lady that has all these ridiculous stories about hooking up with presidents and selling things to secret service agents and CIA. And let's not forget the fashion shows. Which by the way those outfits during that fashion show were so silly and outrageous lol. So much random humor lmao I love it. David really let his comedic genius shine in this movie. The satirization of commercialism and advertising are at the centerfold of this movie. That whole commercial sequence with all the Talking Heads members was brilliant. Getting doused with chocolate and what not. I was pleasantly surprised by John Goodman's singing. He's got some pretty decent singing chops. It's an observational movie more than anything. We're looking through the eyeglass of David and how he sees the world, namely certain parts of our country, like Texas. Although filled with charming personalities/performances and genuine vibes, it's kind of devoid of anything really new or mentally stimulating. I don't really feel the urge to want to watch it again, which is kind of sad and unfortunate, but true. There were some odd moments like the black dude who looked like he was doing voodoo. There was too much importance put on that for no reason I feel like, it was confusing. I'd download it but I don't think I'd ever buy it. See more mean m @RT54172607 11/28/2021 Great performance by Hart and the ever reliable Wesley Snipes. A great ride that keeps you on the edge right to the end! 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ See more 02/11/2021 Ballooning consumerism, mall culture, American isolationism, and how rugged individualism has given way to increasingly soulless corporate consolidation are readily explored throughout, but with an infectious heartbeat and playful quirk. Amid the unspoken dire nature of the observations of Virgil As Western Civilization, Byrne goes the extremely rare extra steps to uncover the human beauty in the intents, however misfired and ridiculous they may be. Thus, True Stories emerges as the musical missing link between Wes Anderson and John Carpenter's They Live, a bright forerunner if there ever was one. See more Read all reviews

True Stories

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING