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Apr 10, 2015 · Lost River: Directed by Ryan Gosling. With Christina Hendricks, Iain De Caestecker, Saoirse Ronan, Matt Smith. A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Ryan Gosling
- 2015-04-10
Very rich and creative debut. Good actors and superb camera work, settings and effects. The movie feels like a true nightmare sometimes, don't be fooled, though - it is not a classical horror movie or thriller. It is more like a dark dream put onto celluloid.
Given the talent assembled, the emptiness at its center only makes it feel like more of a waste. But it does look great, it does sound great (the score, by "Drive" soundtrack contributor Johnny Jewel, is one of the film's best elements), and can be fitfully interesting.
Apr 10, 2015 · “Lost River” takes place in a totally desolate and nearly-destroyed Detroit, in which Billy (Christina Hendricks) and her son Bones (Iain De Caestecker) struggle to make ends meet. She’s three months behind on the mortgage payments; he spends his days scrounging burned-out buildings for copper.
Lost River is a 2014 American fantasy thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Ryan Gosling, in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Christina Hendricks , Saoirse Ronan , Iain De Caestecker , Matt Smith , Ben Mendelsohn , Barbara Steele , and Eva Mendes .
Apr 10, 2015 · 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 Critics...
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May 20, 2014 · By Eric Kohn. May 20, 2014 11:48 am. With the eerie, dreamlike noir of David Lynch, poetic visuals of lower class decay a la Harmony Korine’s “Gummo,” and the cartoonish violence found in Nicolas...
