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Ryan Gosling
Bradley Cooper
Rose Byrne
Eva Mendes
Ray Liotta
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A daredevil motorcyclist quits his carnival job when he learns a former lover has a son - and he now has a family. In order to provide for them, he takes on a series of bank robberies, putting all his riding skills to good use. But this puts him on a crash course with an ambitious police officer looking for a quick way to rise through the ranks of his corrupt precinct. Over the course of 15 years, the story unfolds, leaving a legacy for their children - who will have to face the consequences of these actions. -- Chris Kavan

05/09/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Review: The Place Beyond the Pines

The Place Beyond the Pines stars Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, two gifted and dynamic actors who have been doing nothing lately but impressing me by their performances. If you thought Bradley Cooper was great in Silver Linings Playbook, wait until you see him here as a hopeful cop slowly being eaten away by guilt. It takes strength and guts to pull off this role, and Cooper nails it. Same goes to Gosling, whose performance in Drive crowned him as one of my favorite actors.

Director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) makes a rousing, potent drama about the importance of family and decisions, and the fate defying consequences both may have if treated unfairly. It's an epic, gorgeous film - well acted all around, beautifully crafted, well written, unpredictable, and absolutely exhilara...

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3.5/4 

04/14/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

First Great Movie of 2013

3 films in one, this is a solid movie in virtually every aspect of film making. Great performances by everyone, particularly Gosling and Cooper.

Story: A great story that spans over 15 years. Gosling is a stunt driver with a mysterious past (no, not like drive at all) and Cooper is a young new police officer with a Royal past. Their lives intermingle at some point and it is very interesting to see it unfold.

Acting: Superb all around. I don't need to say much, but this is a great cast and all of them put on great performances.

Cinematography: Really good. Cianfance is a wiz with the camera. Every shot is purposeful. It is a true artistic movie. The action scenes are shot well and the tension accurately builds. It felt very real.

Music: Solid. The musical score is kind of hau...

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3/4 

04/12/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

it just isn’t as good as it should be

Did you see drive? Wasn’t it awesome? I absolutely loved it. It was one of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2011, and for good reason it was awesome, and epicly so.

The Place beyond the Pines is sort of like a Drive remake and two spin-off movies squished into a 150 minute time slot.

The first half or so is very much like Drive (with a little blue valentine thrown in for good measure) without any of the style and a fraction of the substance. Of course there are a few differences, for example: our protagonist in “The Pines” is a stupefying good motorcycle rider instead of a stupefying good car driver, but I’ve seen remakes that had more differences from the original then this does from Drive. Holy cow the protagonist is even played by Ryan Gosling.

Then the movie turns...

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2.5/4 

04/05/2013 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

The Place Beyond the Pines

The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) R Luke (Ryan Gosling) is a daredevil motorcycle rider on the carnival circuit who encounters Romina (Eva Mendes), a woman he had an affair with the last time he was in town. Now he finds out that he has fathered a son with Romina, and Luke wants to do right by his new found family, but he may have to turn to a life of crime to get ahead. Do not be fooled by the trailer, which makes it look like the whole film is about Ryan Gosling’s character. It’s equally Bradley Cooper’s film, as he plays a cop that is on a collision course with Gosling’s character. I felt the film was too long with the storyline giving us way too much information about the films characters. This is a film that some critics will fall in love with, but I felt it missed the mark by a ...

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2/4