Review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) by Gordon S — 08 Dec 2013

Wow! Everything about this movie is an A. Must See.

This review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) was written by Gordon S on 08 Dec 2013.

The Place Beyond the Pines has generally received positive reviews.

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Absolutey abysmal from the opening scene. Hard to think of many worse movies with this high a RT rating. Did you pay people to rate this higher…

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