
Variety
Gosling makes an altogether inauspicious debut with this risible slab of Detroit gothic.
Full reviewRyan Gosling makes his writing and directing feature debut with this experimental thriller following a teenager who, after his mother is swept into a dark underworld, travels down a road that leads to a secret, underwater town. Stars Iain De Caestecker (Filth), Christina Hendricks (Drive), Saoirse Ronan (Byzantium) and Eva Mendes (The Place Beyond the Pines).
Gosling makes an altogether inauspicious debut with this risible slab of Detroit gothic.
Full reviewOwes a sizable debt to David Lynch and to Nicolas Winding Refn, but it reveals Mr. Gosling as a filmmaker with a poetic sensibility of his own.
Full reviewComes across as the work of a poseur, but it's not that far away from being the striking, left-field cult vision Gosling clearly hoped it would be.
Full reviewA gruesome fairy tale of evil banks and sunken dreams, Lost River is a fantastically awful misfire from actor turned writer/director Ryan Gosling.
Full reviewA mess, but it's the best mess possible, an evocative grab-bag of images and moods with a heartfelt sincerity and conflicting impulses of romantic melancholy and hardscrabble hopefulness.
Full reviewA visual and aural sensory bath that shows some real flair but feels madly derivative at every moment.
Full reviewIt's the work of a surprisingly confident and experimental young filmmaker, even if he's not yet confident enough to move beyond his influences.
Full reviewLost River is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV.
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