Best movie of this year hands down!

Pretty Good

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Director Derek Cianfrance manages to both incredibly raise and set the new bar for any future film or filmmaker within the crime and thriller genre with his intelligently dramatic, unconventionally enchanting and emotionally piercing (2013) crime thriller "THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES." Director Cianfrance's uniquely brilliant crime epic eloquently interconnects into a three-act saga where actions have the gravest of consequences and the fate of each and every character is tragically out of their own hands. The sophisticated suspense and consequential direction impressively displays and successfully proves that a film can be just as or on some occasions even more powerfully gripping then your typical Michael Bay blockbuster action film. The lead actors Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper once again prove their rightful place among HOLLYWOOD'S ELITE and are displaying now more than ever before that they're the new DiCaprio and Pitt of the next great acting generation.

The Place Beyond the Pines suffers from no movie clichés, regardless of genre. A very original screenplay that takes the audience on a journey they'll be very emotionally invested in. Ryan Gosling is absolutely electric! The entire cast's performance was A+ quality, with Gosling leading the charge with one of his best performances. Sit back, and tag along for this tale that is highly original and extremely unpredictable. 85/100-Baby23

I was interested by this movie as it is directed by the man who brought us Blue Valentine, which was fantastic. This movie shocked me in every way, and I could tell just from very first shot that it will surprise me.It was not only the amazing work in the visuals and casting, but it was the story and the way it was told that shocked me. Some decisions that were made in the writing and progression of the story were fantastic in the way they deviated from general storytelling ways, while holding a three act structure.Another way this movie amazed me is the combination of many genres, which was effective and never felt overwhelming or confusing. The theme of decision-making and doing the right thing is the obvious dominant theme and the portrayal of that is effective.There is one actor in this movie which stole the show, and that is the performance of Bradley Cooper, who took this character and made it his. At no point did I retract from the story to think to myself, "wow, Bradley Cooper is really good in this", but after the film after thinking about it was when I really appreciated the way he portrayed this character, and his character serves as the central point for the dominant theme of the movie, which was also done very well.The only negative I can really think for this movie is the ambiguity and openness of certain parts of the story which some people may not like and could perhaps prefer that closure.To conclude, this is definitely a film worth your money if you are a fan of storytelling, emotion and great film-making.

The story was an unfocused mess that just kind of...ended. Nothing was justifiably resolved. I thought: "Oh! Police corruption! That's interesting!" ...and not two minutes later, all the crooked cops were in jail! That could have been an exciting movie right there! Crooked cops! Who can you trust!? I rolled my eyes at the "15 years later" text.It was too late in the film to be introducing new characters to give them proper development.