Review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) by Mike_M — 31 Mar 2013
The story is so melodramatic that this movie is a failure, despite its technical and stunt strengths. It is a failure despite one's suspicions that the melodrama is deliberate. It's a failure despite reuniting the Cianfrance/Gosling team from Blue Valentine.
You will probably like this movie if you like to look at Gosling and Cooper for 2 hours. You will probably like this movie if you thought that Haggis' Crash was a good movie and not a ham-fisted melodrama. Anyone else should really stay away, despite the PR/marketing hype that it's an artful indie movie.
This review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) was written by Mike_M on 31 Mar 2013.
The Place Beyond the Pines has generally received positive reviews.
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