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The Place Beyond the Pines
A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, Ryan Gosling drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability.The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines.
6 February 1986, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
15 April 1976, White Plains, New York, USA
16 February 1974, Oakland, California, USA
18 May 1979, Liverpool, England, UK
June 21, 2016
Its narrative riskiness and emotional avidity don't always make for the smoothest viewing experience. But Cianfrance seems less interested in a tidy chronicle than in exploring some threads, in creating a feeling and seeing where it goes.
April 11, 2013
This is a story about legacy, the sins of the father, the restlessness in our souls. It's powerful, it's bold, it hits you hard.
May 12, 2015
Derek Cianfrance could probably be a great filmmaker if he wasn't trying so hard to be a Great Filmmaker
April 16, 2016
It's rare to see a picture so bogged down by the breadth of its ambition, but Derek Cianfrance's second feature nearly collapses under its own weight.
June 08, 2016
Grand, plangent and innervating, Cianfrance's latest is more than adequate proof that he's as cut out for the big as for the small of cinema.
April 12, 2013
"Pines" is hardy stuff, but it's at its toughest when Gosling's on screen.
April 13, 2016
That said, there's something about The Place Beyond the Pines that grows on you-something tragic, something that sits uncomfortably in the gut.
April 11, 2013
The Place Beyond the Pines is hackneyed and dull: Not a single moment rings true.
April 11, 2013
Cianfrance and his sterling cast keep it all together, vanquishing doubt and soap suds. There's a palpable sense of teamwork that brings out the best in all of these players.
April 12, 2013
This naturalistic drama is ambitious to the point of being unwieldy... But once the story has advanced from one generation to the next and its thematic sweep has become apparent, these flaws seem much more tolerable.
June 20, 2016
In the quietly decaying tragic-Americana setting of this fine film, the story is one of far-reaching repercussions, and how the loss of the father's virtue lands upon the son.