Length-140 min.
Rated-R
In this film, Ryan Gosling (Luke) plays a motocross outlaw who is trying to provide for a family he barely knows. Bradley Cooper (Avery) finds himself in a father-son dilemma that seems to never end. And Eva Mendes (Romina) seems to be caught up in the same love affair that she can never seem to kick. Now I must admit that I had been looking forward to this film ever since I first saw it's trailer, considering it's star studded cast. But after viewing it for the first time this evening, I was moderately unimpressed. Although it did provide a good overall plot, the film was far too long and could have done without some of it's less meaningful plot sequences. Director Derek Cianfrance seemed to be in the pursuit of recreating the Gosling we saw in Drive, which is impossible to replicate. There were great moments of cinematography in his use of long shots and experimental camera angles to accompany a fairly decent soundtrack. But at film's end, I expected this extremely intricate plot to come together as one, which it unfortunately did not. And even though it showed signs of brilliance, I would say this was somewhat shortcoming of this Academy-Award nominated cast. The Place Beyond The Pines takes far too long to get there, and once you do, the view was better from the other side.
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