"The Place Beyond the Pines" is a great that is out and everyone should see. It has Luke, played by Ryan Gosling, riding his motorcycle in a carnivals to make money. One night he meets Romina and his life changes when they start dating and she becomes pregnant. He does not know this until the baby, Jason, is born, and Romina explains to him that he can see him but she is dating another man named Kofi, Mahershala Ali. So, Luke tries to find a job, after he quits his motorcycle job, because he is looking for a better income. He meets a named named Robin, played by Ben Mendelsohn. Robin will give him a job, and a place to live. After Luke spends time Romina and tries to be with her, Romina does not want to leave Kofi, and runaway with Luke. So Luke is on his own. He becomes friends with Robin and Robin brings up an idea to gain some income. Robin talks about how he used to rob banks, and it was a thrill to be apart of it. Luke thinks this idea is an easy way to gain some money for Jason and Romina. He starts robbing banks, and he is really good at it because he can quickly get away from the police because he is such a skilled motorcycle rider. One day he messes up his robbery because his motorcycle is not 100% and he gets caught. During his chase and he runs into a house, and tries to escape, but a police officer finds him and shoots him and Luke falls out a window, and dies. The police officer was Avery, played by Bradley Cooper. Avery is shot also, but he lives. When he recovers he is considered a hero, for capturing a criminal. He does not know how to handle it because he feels awful about how he killed a father, and this baby is not going to have his biological father in his life. Avery deals with this problem by earning a high position in the police force, and his relationship with his son, A.J., played by Emory Cohen, suffers. At the funeral of Avery's father, fifteen years later, his now ex-wife Jennifer, played by Rose Byrne tells him that A.J. wants to live with him. Avery agrees and at first it is hard for both of them. A.J. has to switch schools, and make new friends. He eventually meets a boy that looks like a stoner like him, and it is Jason, fifteen years later, played by Dane DeHaan. Still living with Kofi and Romina, he is a troubled kid, still trying to figure what happened to his true father. A.J. and Jason become friends but things start to heat up and turmoil arises.
This movie is fantastic mainly because of Derek Cianfrance. Cianfrance wrote and directed this film and it beautifully written. The main characters change throughout the film, but it was not confusing, and and easy to understand because the everything matched perfectly. Ryan Gosling is always great at whatever role he plays. And Eva Mendes was great also. Bradley Cooper is great in this film, he needed a good rebound role after Silver Linings PLaybook, and this film is great partly because of him. Dane DeHaan and Emory Cohen were great in this film. I hope they have a great career in this business because they have talent. This film is great, and is worth checking out. It is long, but as the story progresses it makes complete sense and the it ends is understandable. Check it out!
Grade: 89/100 = B+
No comments:
Post a Comment