The Place Beyond the Pines

"One moment can change your life."

2013 2h 20m EN

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7.3

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★7.0TMDB · 5,343🍅79%Rotten Tomatoes●68Metacritic★7.3IMDB · 307,174

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Synopsis

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A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

“One moment can change your life.”

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Cast

Ryan Gosling
Luke Glanton
Bradley Cooper
Avery Cross
Eva Mendes
Romina Gutierrez
Rose Byrne
Jennifer Cross
Ray Liotta
Peter Deluca
Dane DeHaan
Jason Kancam
Emory Cohen
AJ Cross
Mahershala Ali
Kofi Kancam

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Derek Cianfrance
Writers: Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, Derek Cianfrance
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Derek Cianfrance, shot by Sean Bobbitt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mike Patton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jim Helton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "One moment can change your life.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Derek Cianfrance directs. Sean Bobbitt behind the camera. Mike Patton scores. Jim Helton cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Directed by Derek Cianfrance, shot by Sean Bobbitt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mike Patton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jim Helton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "One moment can change your life.".
9IMDB entry: tt1817273 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 20 themes, including "corruption", "parent child relationship", "hostage", "motel".
11Released under 33 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt
Original score: Mike Patton
Editing: Jim Helton
Production design: Inbal Weinberg
Costume design: Erin Benach
Makeup / hair: Leo Won
VFX supervisor: Jim Rider
Sound: Tony Volante
Stunt coordinator: Brian Smyj
Runtime: 140 min · 2h 20m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $47,135,966
Return: 314% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes: 79% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 68/100
IMDB rating: 7.3/10 · 307,174 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

5 wins & 22 nominations total

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John Chard2019-01-02
★ 8/10
If you ride like lightning, you're going to crash like thunder. The Place Beyond the Pines is directed by Derek Cianfrance and Cianfrance co-writes the screenplay with Ben Coccio and Darius Marder. It stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Emory Cohen, Dane Dehaan, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn and Rose Byrne. Music is by Mike Patton and cinematography by Sean Bobbitt. A motorcycle stunt rider finds he has a son he never knew about and turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for both the child and his one time lover. This puts him on collision course with an ambitious rookie cop that has serious life changing consequences for both of them... The Place Beyond the Pines (superb title) is a three parter of a character study that examines the critical decisions we make in life whilst putting different characters along a road of reckoning. The atmosphere of palpable human foibles is quickly established by Cianfrance, the introduction of stunt rider Luke Ganton (Gosling mesmerising) the kick start for what will be a multiple character piece even though the narrative core is purely about Ganton and cop Avery (Cooper) and their impact on each other and those connected to each. Such is a key element of events in the story, it's difficult to say too much because this picture demands that spoilers are not dished out willy nilly. Going in blind without knowledge of the story trajectory is a must to garner maximum rewards. What can be said is that for the final third the pic does lose momentum, there's a big shift of emphasis (though critically connected to all that has gone on previously). It's not a film killer, though, for this remains a damn fine film, one that is packed with utterly gripping sequences, but the ambitiousness shown by Cianfrance is almost the undoing of a fascinatingly engrossing experience. The consequences of choices are profoundly explored here, the multigenerational axis riveting in execution by director and writers alike. It also looks terrific, evocative cinematography from Bobbitt (12 Years a Slave) is in turn boosted by Patton's tonally compliant musical score. Ultimately, to enjoy fully you will have to accept implausible contrivances and that the psychological digging never really achieves all that it should. A bit of better thought for the last third and some trimming of the run time would have helped greatly, but this is still quality film making and recommended to grown up film fans for sure. 8/10
HASSAN20032022-12-29
Great movie

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