Review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) by Sheila C — 12 Oct 2013

Terrible! Couldn't even bring myself to finish it.

This review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) was written by Sheila C on 12 Oct 2013.

The Place Beyond the Pines has generally received positive reviews.

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By Jared P (189) on 22 Sep 2017

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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Awh I LOVE it And I HAte it, at the same time the first half of the movie is so gooood. but the second half for me was so questionable…

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By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 18 Nov 2018

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An interesting take on storytelling. It's all well done, but the first half is so much better than the second…

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