Just a closer look at the players involved, kicking water until their chin rises clear above the surface. It doesn't take a cheap story of corruption and a faux-Shakespearean tragedy to tackle hopelessness, though. The dire consequences of his actions and those of the policeman who targeted him, reverberate in the following years. Like the far more perceptive "Blue Valentine," "The Place Beyond the Pines" leaves you with a sense that the world is terrible and people have little chance to bridge the gaps between them. The Place Beyond the Pines (3,875) 7.3 2 h R A motorcycle stunt rider makes an ill-fated decision to commit a crime in order to support his child.
(Emory Cohen and rising star Dane DeHaan play Avery's and Luke's teenage sons, respectively, in a subplot that feels annoyingly inevitable.) It can be interesting to consider that so-called "bad guys" aren't always bad guys-and I don't mean that in the way that "Wreck-It Ralph" meant it-but "Pines" attempts to depict a vicious circle of anguish that's as profound as a stacked deck eventually tipping over. The guilt and conflicted feelings that wash over him far outshine the more broadly conceived, tattooed-and-Metallica T-shirt-wearing bad boy Gosling plays. When Cooper's character gets involved, "Pines" becomes disappointingly melodramatic and contrived. The Place Beyond The Pines features an eclectic selection of songs, including catchy hits like Hall & Oates 'Maneater' or Bruce Springsteens 'Dancing In The Dark,' to the moody folk-rock of Bon Ivers 'The Wolves (Act I And II).' The latter song was also included in the soundtrack of acclaimed France drama Rust And Bone. When Luke wants to rob two banks in one day and Robin has had enough of the loose cannon, he tells him, "If you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder." "Crash Like Thunder" would have been a more fitting title to a film seeking big drama but refusing to let people act in unexpected ways. Luke needs money to have any shot of convincing Romina he deserves a bigger place in her and her son's life than Romina's new guy (Mahershala Ali), so it's no surprise that Luke eventually takes his auto shop boss Robin (Ben Mendelsohn) up on his idea about robbing banks. The Place Beyond the Pines R 2012, Crime/Drama, 2h 20m 78 Tomatometer 227 Reviews 75 Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings What to know Critics Consensus Ambitious to a fault, The Place Beyond the. First, "Pines" follows Luke (Ryan Gosling, looking lost), a stunt motorcycle rider who quits his carnival job after learning that a brief fling with Romina (Eva Mendes, Gosling's real-life squeeze) yielded him an infant son. ** (out of four) First, let's acknowledge something nice: Bradley Cooper is very good in "The Place Beyond the Pines," even better than the Oscar-nominated actor was in "Silver Linings Playbook." Unfortunately, director/co-writer Derek Cianfrance ("Blue Valentine") doesn't fully consider the details and challenges of any character in the story-even Avery (Cooper), an inexperienced cop who doesn't appear until about an hour into the movie.
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