Review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) by Scott F — 11 Apr 2018

Why did they even make this train wreck???

This review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) was written by Scott F on 11 Apr 2018.

The Place Beyond the Pines has generally received positive reviews.

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By David H (2,838) on 01 Oct 2017

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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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