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      Lost River

      2014, Fantasy/Mystery & thriller, 1h 45m

      77 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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      Lost River suggests that debuting writer-director Ryan Gosling may have a bright future as a filmmaker, but it doesn't hold together well enough to recommend on its own merit. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      A single mother is swept into a dark underworld while her son discovers an underwater town.

      • Rating: R (Language|Disturbing Violent Images|Some Sexual Content)

      • Genre: Fantasy, Mystery & thriller

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Ryan Gosling

      • Producer: David Lancaster, Michel Litvak, Marc Platt, Ryan Gosling, Adam Siegel, Jeffrey Stott

      • Writer: Ryan Gosling

      • Release Date (Theaters):  limited

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $45.4K

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Warner Bros.

      • Production Co: Marc Platt Productions, Bold Films, Phantasma Films

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      • May 28, 2016

        A shot and a miss as Ryan Gosling attempts to create a cult classic. The problem is the villains never seem villainous enough so when the final confrontation happens, it all seems anti climatic. Some high points here and there, but mostly you wait for something to happen.

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      • May 28, 2015

        Gosling creates an ominous atmosphere with a hypnotizing cinematography and a great score, but this incredibly pretentious and self-indulgent salad of influences - Lynch, Bava, Argento, Refn and so on - has a terrible sense of lack of purpose, with apparently nothing to say.

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      • Apr 29, 2015

        Despite good looks inspired by Lynch and Refn, Lost River just doesn't have a firm grip and is overly indulgent with its ridiculous dialogues and lousy script. A mix between a dreamlike narrative and a fairly tale, Lost River mostly doesn't work because it's just trying too hard. Way too hard. There could be something interesting here but it's just too pretentious to be anything else.

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      • Apr 17, 2015

        In "Lost River," Billie(Christina Hendricks) is told by Dave(Ben Mendelsohn), her bank manager, that she is in danger of losing her home, like so many around her. While there seems little chance for her to be able to come up with all the money she owes on her own, Dave does know of a place that is hiring. Meanwhile, Billie's teenage son, Bones(Iain De Caestecker), earns money by stripping wiring from abandoned properties all around town, earning the ire of Bully(Matt Smith). As a director with his first feature "Lost River," Ryan Gosling shows a remarkable eye for memorable imagery, creating a post-apocalyptic fantasia out of the urban ruins of Detroit. Sadly, his writing is not on the same high level, with random story elements floating around in purely Lynchian fashion. That's with performances to match, with Saoirse Ronan and Ben Mendelsohn(who also sings and dances) faring best.

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