The Place Beyond the
Pines (2012)
Directed by Derek
Cianfrance this film stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes
and Ray Liotta. A stunt rider for a travelling circus finds out he
has a son then eventually we segue into the story of the policeman
son of a judge.
Using an unusual
narrative structure this film has cross generational and family scope
as it reaches for an epic story of fatherhood but falls slightly
short in my opinion. There is plenty to admire here but at times it
ends up feeling like three different stories put together rather than
one long story. I really enjoyed the first third of the film which is
moody and features Ryan Gosling but the later parts drifted and
relied a bit too much on coincidence for my taste.
4/5
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