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The Place Beyond The Pines
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2013
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Positive Reviews
133
Negative reviews
6
Average Rating
3.8
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4.5
That doesnt always equal a better movie but in this case Cianfrance definitely takes a step up and his new film almost reaches the lofty heights it ai ..
Keith & the Movies
3.5
It begins as an assured character study and ends as an epic, but its best before it widens the frame.
Av Club
4.2
That the movie succeeds both as a high stakes crime thriller as well as a far quieter and empathetic study of angry, solitary men proves that Cianfran ..
Indie Wire
5.0
The Place Beyond the Pines is a daring film that constantly pushes itself and the audience to new heights and the result is nothing short of spectacul ..
We Got This Covered
4.5
Derek Cianfrance has done it again with The Place Beyond The Pines, creating a beautifully gut wrenching tour de force which knocks you on your ass em ..
We Got This Covered
3.5
While it is not quite as intense as Blue Valentine was, it manages to still have quite the edge to it.
We Got This Covered
4.0
In The Place Beyond the Pines, Cianfrance is painting with the same emotional palette, but on a much larger canvas.Running almost two and a half hours ..
Austin Chronicle
4.0
But that odd performance and a handful of minor pacing issues aside, The Place Beyond the Pines is an enormously satisfying film: carefully observed a ..
Time Out
3.0
Even if the place beyond the pines is just Schenectady, the ambition will lead to higher ground.
Time Out
3.5
While the resolution strives for the kind of big catharsis that such an epic story demands, The Place Beyond The Pines fits together neatlyperhaps too ..
Screen Daily
4.5
I dont know how The Place Beyond the Pines will play on a second viewing.
Collider
4.5
However, through Cianfrances focused direction, Bobbitts grounded yet theatrical cinematography, and a truly powerful performance by Ryan Gosling, Pin ..
Collider
4.4
Cianfrance relies on this style throughout the film to emphasize both the gritty reality and meditative quality of even his riskiest action scenes.
Paste Magazine
5.0
Few if any leading men in Hollywood have hotter careers right now than Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, but The Place Beyond the Pines is anything but ..
Rogerebert
1.9
The creators of The Place Beyond the Pines try to hyper realistically replicate the disharmony and pathos of real life, but wind up making a flat, jum ..
Rogerebert
4.0
In fact, its the key to deciphering the entire film, and Cianfrance ties it up with a shot so subtly ambiguous, you could quite easily mistake it for ..
Telegraph
4.0
The movie never quite tops it, but then again its hard to imagine how it possibly could.
Telegraph
4.0
The movie is rough but gorgeous, overwrought but also achingly sincere, and so well acted by its massive ensemble that its three stories, each of them ..
Cinema Blend
3.0
The film is told in three sections, each one gliding into the next.
Ny Daily News
4.5
An epic crime sage that constantly subverts audience expectations.Incredible.
JoBlo
3.0
Place Beyond the Pines manages to illustrate the ravages of family and legacy almost as effectively as Blue Valentine did the ravages of romantic conn ..
Screen Rant
3.8
3 out of 4 stars Title The Place Beyond the Pines Directed by Derek Cianfrance Starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne, Ray Liot ..
The Globe And Mail
4.4
In The Place Beyond the Pines a roaring drama that combines the gritty intimacy of a B movie noir and the outsized ambition of a multigenerational Hol ..
Philly
2.5
But in the end it fails to overcome its highly literary construction and its downward dramatic arc.
One Guys Opinion
3.5
But the disparate pieces never quite jell; the movie is all trees and no forest.
Village Voice
2.5
But The Place Beyond the Pines loses its momentum when the narrative shifts.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.5
But even though the pic crashes into a rote exercise in filmmaking, I still found it a compelling watch for what it did right exhibiting a mesmerizing ..
Sover
3.8
Ultimately the pacing keeps it from being a great movie, but its certainly a good one.
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.0
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.
Chicago Reader
2.5
Here, the whole is far less satisfying than the sum of some of its parts.
Mark Reviews Movies
4.0
We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this video We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this video The film opens upon the to ..
The Times
3.5
And the rest might be like yours truly, seeing it as an interesting if flawed effort thats better in concept than realized execution.
Screen It
3.8
a beast of a movie, an emotional roller coaster that threatens to go off the rails, and does.
Rolling Stone
4.0
Obscure even by Big Star standards Van Durens legacy is one of heartbreak and setback.
Pop Matters
4.0
Cianfrance has stated that he intended the final third to be the films true story, but that more or less backfires, at least in terms of the audiences ..
View London
2.5
For such a well crafted and wonderfully acted film, it ultimately elicits a shrug.
News Day
3.5
Cianfrance probably did need the 140 minutes he takes to unfurl this sprawling morality tale, but the film never regains the bracing momentum of its s ..
Film Journal
3.5
Bradley Coopers good, too.But the risk of telling three distinct but related stories is that all may not be of equal quality.
Az Central
3.1
Ryan Gosling is a sight in The Place Beyond the Pines, and not for the usual reasons.
Boston
4.4
But The Place Beyond the Pines holds enough intimacy and surprise to satisfy.
Star Tribune
4.5
The Place Beyond the Pines is an engrossing, extremely well designed and acted film.
Guardian
4.0
The Place Beyond the Pines is flawed, but the flaws are due to Cianfrances sheer energy and passion.
Guardian
3.0
The Place Beyond the Pines is ambitious and epic, perhaps to a fault.
Guardian
3.0
Either of the first two sections could have been deepened and expanded to make a decent movie.The third is nowhere near as well acted, and seems tacke ..
Daily Mail
2.5
The Place Beyond the Pines wants to be a deep dish meditation on fathers, sons, and the consequences of the decisions we make. But its a slow burner t ..
Ew
4.0
More sympathetic viewers than I may simply ride with the tremendous momentum of the Gosling Mendes section and forgive its slow decline, and more powe ..
Salon
3.0
The result is an oddly broken backed narrative, with three distinct chapters and no central character to carry the narrative.
Flim List
4.0
Yet any disappointments with the film are because theres so much thats great.The opening 40 minutes are a dream, and if it had carried on at that leve ..
Empire
3.0
Susan Grangers review of A Place Beyond the Pines (Focus Features) After spending nearly 12 years developing Blue Valentine (2010), writer/director De ..
Susang Ranger
5.0
Mr. Cianfrances artistic vision catapults it above the limitations of contrivance and into a realm of constantly evolving shifts of tone and mood.
Observer
3.0
Its tale of misplaced fatherhood and wrongs made wronger will leave audiences with little hope and much cynicism.
Common Sense Media
2.5
Youd be forgiven for saying, Point taken! right then and there as you get up to leave.Symbolism gives way to big plotting, though, and before long the ..
Movies
3.5
It may be one of the casualties of the auteur theory and the general solemnization of directors that some of the most talented people now just start s ..
New Yorker
2.5
Its a dazzling con that crumbles fast and hard beneath the weight of its ridiculously relentless sense of self importance.
Slant Magazine
4.4
140 minutes doesnt feel indulgent, exactly, just occasionally slack.But its not enough to lessen the achievement.
Chicago Tribune
3.5
The middle story is about power, greed and corruption with Bradley Cooper giving a solid though unmemorable performance.
Reeling Reviews
3.2
The middle story is about power, greed and corruption with Bradley Cooper giving a solid though unmemorable performance.
Reeling Reviews
4.5
It defies labeling maybe emotional thriller comes closest to describing it, but thats not quite right, either and it defies pinning.
Flickfilosopher
3.0
But Cianfrance is capable of shapelier cinema than this rough hewn curiosity.
The Irish Times
4.0
Its ambitious and unusual, to say the least, but I think it works because its honest.
Blogs Indie Wire
4.5
A brilliant, towering picture, The Place Beyond The Pines is a cinematic accomplishment of extraordinary grace and insight.
Blogs Indie Wire
3.8
The end result is that the movie feels longer than its already significant 140 minute length and the ending is something of an anticlimax.
ReelViews
3.5
A somber and striking drama that takes some wrong turns but features a charismatic performance from Ryan Gosling in the leanest and best of its three ..
Hollywood Reporter
3.0
The two stories mesh uneasily, even though the film making is smart throughout and the acting often more than that.
Standard
3.5
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Tony Medley
2.8
In an age when Americas hostile military approach is backfiring with more suicides than battle deaths for soldiers, and gun violence spiraling out of ..
Coles Mithey
3.5
With the rough edges of its sprawling tale sometimes exposed, The Place Beyond the Pines never quite reaches the refinement of Blue Valentine.
Los Angeles Times
4.4
The Place Beyond the Pines offers the most satisfying cinematic experience weve had at the multiplex thus far this year, and largely through its disin ..
Groucho Reviews
4.4
If the price I had to pay for getting such detailed characterization and thematic development was a small bit of impatience, it was worth it.Most of t ..
Aisle Seat
3.8
The end result is an uneven yet impressive effort from Cianfrance that surely bodes well for his future endeavors, and it should certainly be interest ..
Reel Film
4.4
But mostly it just lets its sad, three part story unfold slowly, calmly and carefully.
Nj
3.5
Cohens performance proves distracting enough to undermine some of the movies credibility.
Movie Habit
3.8
Theres a palpable sense of teamwork that brings out the best in all of these players.
The Star
3.8
Expansive, generation spanning drama solidifies writer director Cianfrance as one to watch.
Oregon Live
4.0
Redemption comes when you least expect it and the exposition closes its arc in true circular fashion, the flame coloured sky reflecting the tarnished ..
Urban Cine File
4.4
Its yet another impressive performance from a remarkable young talent.
Movies Tv Guide
4.0
Typically, themes of family, hope and commitment lie at the heart of Derek Cianfrances new feature, the much anticipated follow up to the hauntingly b ..
The Age
5.0
Setting aside three genuinely career best performances, its Cianfrances assured direction that makes Pines so intoxicating.
Digital Spy
4.0
Published on Mar 29, 2013 The Place Beyond The Pines starring Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper, and Ray Liotta is reviewed by Matt Atchity (Ed ..
You Tube
4.2
Cianfrance draws wonderfully understated performances from everyone in the cast.
Tamp A Bay
4.4
Dont let the quiet, indie stylings of The Place Beyond the Pines fool you.This is a big movie with a lot on its mind.
New York Post
4.0
A very deliberately paced drama with a naturalistic approach to storytelling, it gives equal time to each character as it almost painfully explores th ..
Nz Herald
4.0
Ryan Gosling has seduced the Tumblrverse but it seems he has a hold on directors too.
Flicks
2.5
It doesnt take a cheap story of corruption and a faux Shakespearean tragedy to tackle hopelessness, though.
Red Eye Chicago
4.5
Still, the grand nature of the multiple generations and sprawling characters resonate.
Screen Crush
3.8
It is this semi prophetic notion that lies at the jaded heart and soul of The Place Beyond the Pines, a title likely chosen more for its ominous intri ..
Dustin Put Man
4.0
Mainstream audiences may be disappointed that this isnt a gritty thriller pitting the acting talents of Gosling and Cooper against each other, as its ..
Contact Music
2.5
Despite the films empty epic scale, the cast makes most the whole mess sing, at least for the most part; Mendelsohn, Ali and DeHaan deserve as much cr ..
Film Racket
3.1
Trance is a manic glassy nightmare of a film, or rather, a manic glassy nightmare of a pastiche, with way too many films crammed into its 101 minutes. ..
Christianity Today
1.5
Gosling is one of those actors who can convey strong, sharp feelings beneath a placid exterior.
Hollywood And Fine
3.8
Im expecting cinemagoers to walk away with polarising viewpoints and its exciting to see a movie offering such a challenge.
The Film Pie
4.4
And while the thoroughness of the approach results in a hefty 140 minute length, it is time well spent.
Js Online
4.5
More thematically dense and ambitious than any crime film youll see this year and with an incredible ensemble, The Place Beyond the Pines is the kind ..
Hollywood Chicago
3.0
Its high points make it worth a watch, but its structure while memorable is too unwieldy and used too cavalierly to drive home its weighty themes.
Cinemix Tape
3.5
The Bottom Line: The Place Beyond the Pines may not be nearly as strong as Cianfrances previous movie, nor does it feel like the overall movie stands ..
ComingSoon
3.5
Co writer and director Derek Cianfrance presents the tale in a three stage process.
Shockya
2.5
Coopers segment in the Schenectady set triptych musters the most complexity, and manages some kind of recognizably American reality with its rendition ..
Film Comment
3.5
The Place Beyond the Pines may be a lot of things, but it certainly isnt lacking in ambition.
Flavor Wire
4.4
Compelling and talented, DeHaan magnifies the power of being dedicated to your craft.
Awards Circuit
3.5
Its well made, the actors are sincere, and the movie itself is sincere but it just believes its own drama a little too much.Since I cant ruin the film ..
Crave Online
4.5
Expertly acted and constructed with a workmanlike level of dedication, this is one drama about inter connected lives that doesnt strain for cosmic sig ..
What Culture
3.0
Hamstrung by its unbalanced structure, the final act feels rushed and the necessity to neatly tie up big themes undoes all the impressive, nuanced gro ..
The Skinny
3.0
Maybe it is clever sleight of hand, but that is the finest curve Ive seen this year.
Scots Man
1.0
The Place Beyond the Pines isnt a bad movie; its three bad movies strung together by implausible logic.
Under The Radar Mag
4.0
It revs up to a tense ending that strains somewhat to make the point that history inevitably repeats itself but it is an exhilarating ride.
Metro
3.8
More than anything else, The Place Beyond the Pines is electrifying because it overcomes its structural challenges.
Scene Stealers
4.0
This act is taut, visceral and exciting.The police corruption story that follows is gripping and nuanced; a fine companion for the first part.
The Ooh Tray
4.2
The Place Beyond the Pines is a mostly love it or hate it kind of experience.Some will love the film for its scope, ideas, and passion; some will find ..
Movie Mezzanine
4.0
The Place Beyond the Pines isnt perfect, but it is terrifically captivating, whether delivering breathless action, knuckle whitening suspense or momen ..
What So
3.0
Pines doesnt always click, but it constantly aims high. Its ambition proves to be its strength, giving filmgoers looking for something a little more q ..
Bowling Green Daily News
4.0
It all amounts to a memorable, thoughtful tale; a thriller with real meat on the bone.
Streaming Quickflix
2.0
When Gosling is on screen at least the film is riveting.Its still a mess, but its a riveting mess.
Tony Mack
3.5
Thankfully, though, this is not just another Ryan Gosling is nice to look at movie, and as a result were able to enjoy a far more nuanced and layered ..
Concrete Play Ground
4.5
It is central to a film such as this that one notices the people and the actors.
New Republic
4.0
With any trans generational narrative without a dominant central character, theres a risk of obscuring the heart of the film.
Bfi
2.5
No wonder this nearly two and a half hour movie feels as if it spread beyond its borders.
Ny Mag
4.5
After his gloriously depressing 2010 sophomore film, Blue Valentine, a hellish drama revolving around one couples marital strife, Derek Cianfrance som ..
Ion Cinema
4.0
It just happens that he has a nasty temper and a shaky moral compass.
New States Man
3.1
As such, The Place Beyond the Pines is a sometimes disjointed, overlong narrative that has bits of brilliance marred by its unwieldy construction.
Cinema Sight
4.0
Its little wonder that the film struggles to maintain a level of consistency, given how much it takes on.
Fan The Fire Magazine
3.5
And it is definitely something: a sprawling, engaging study in fathers, sons and sins.
Entertainment Time
2.0
Basically a two act play, The Place Beyond the Pines attempts to be a clever puzzle but by the time the pieces are put into place you just want to swe ..
Media Mikes
1.5
Adding a parental sensitivity that we havent seen before to a reckless, bad boy, loner persona, Gosling gives Luke a tenderness that is beautiful to w ..
4.0
The film works as whole but lacks the feeling of a large time arc, the main reason being that Coopers character needs to visually age more.
Theepoch Times
3.8
Perhaps the finest of all Jack London adaptations, The Sea Wolf finds the authors excellent novel reconfigured as a sturdy vehicle for one of Warners ..
Film Frenzy
3.5
Cianfrance may be dealing with some familiar themes of fatherhood, consequences and destiny, but its such an epic undertaking that it ultimately becom ..
Blog Bullz Eye
4.5
Cianfrance has a cold visual style that doesnt let light and warmth comfort you.
Graffiti With Punctuation
5.0
Despite the films traditional three act structure, these daring story shifts deepen and enrich moments that have gone before, delivering a series of s ..
Sky
2.5
The Place Beyond the Pines displays a strangely paternalistic streak.
Metro Active
4.5
Morality is flexible and self interest is paramount. Another terrific collaboration between director and star.
Film Festival Today
3.0
By the third story, in a movie that is two hours and twenty minutes long, I had grown weary of the films heavy handedness
Impulse Gamer
3.2
I loved watching this movie even if it does get a little slowyoull definitely feel the 2 plus hours run time, but I was more than happy to do so.
Schmoes Know
4.0
Derek Cianfrances The Place Beyond the Pines comes on like a crime drama but is really a melodrama at heart, an unsettling meditation on relationships ..
Hey U Guys
3.5
Cinema is often at its best when it presents characters and stories that teeter on the edge of civilisation and morality.
Cinema Autopsy
4.0
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Birmingham Mail
3.0
After a superb first half you could probably walk from the cinema satisfied with The Place Beyond the Pines.
The Popcorn Junkie
3.8
But his thoughtful and precise filmmaking subtly references earlier sequences visually and tonally.
M Live
4.0
He wonderfully presents Avery as a disconnected but likeable broken hero.
Fox News
4.0
Would Pines have worked better as a 13 episode cable drama Probably. Yet its atmosphere comes through beautifully on the big screen.
7 Dvt
4.5
Writer director Brian Helgeland doesnt have an impressive box scorehe wrote Mystic River and directed A Knights Tale.
Ma Cleans
4.4
A riveting crime thriller, its also a multi generational familial saga that approaches Greek tragedy.
Rss Feeds Usa Today
4.0
The Place Beyond The Pines is classic melodrama... the kind Hollywood made in black and white
Movie City News
4.0
Its usually a good thing when you get a movie with a couple of memorable characters in it.This film has a whole casts worth.
Tucson Weekly
3.5
If Blue Valentine stared at its characters as if through a microscope, The Place Beyond the Pines adopts a wider perspective, and the movie is appropr ..
Deads
5.0
Bleak, raw, epic and vibrating with energy, Pines is a film to haunt your dreams, and, so far, the best thing Ive seen in a cinema in 2013.
The Crat
4.0
Although the story becomes increasingly heavy handed in places, and at times a little too cliched, The Place Beyond the Pines benefits in no small par ..
Electric Sheep Magazine
3.5
You can easily recognize it as a good movie without developing much of a personal connection or a desire for repeat viewings.
Filmdrunk Uproxx
4.5
During Averys exciting chase after Luke, theres a wild camera style thats busy but never unintelligible.
Deep Focus Review
4.0
Great performances, interesting narrative although unevenly structured, The Place Beyond the Pines is very much a character drama.
5.0
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Voices Yahoo
3.8
It was many moons ago in a darkened theater that my love of cinema took root as I snuck in to see my first R rated film, Blade Runner.
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