Lost River
Ryan 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).
- Director:
- Ryan Gosling (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Ryan Gosling
- Cast:
- Christina HendricksIain De CaesteckerSaoirse RonanMatt SmithEva Mendes
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressGosling makes an altogether inauspicious debut with this risible slab of Detroit gothic.
The New York Times
pressOwes 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.
The Dissolve
pressComes 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.
SBS
pressA gruesome fairy tale of evil banks and sunken dreams, Lost River is a fantastically awful misfire from actor turned writer/director Ryan Gosling.
Los Angeles Times
pressA 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.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA visual and aural sensory bath that shows some real flair but feels madly derivative at every moment.
BBC
pressIt's the work of a surprisingly confident and experimental young filmmaker, even if he's not yet confident enough to move beyond his influences.
Variety
pressGosling makes an altogether inauspicious debut with this risible slab of Detroit gothic.
The New York Times
pressOwes 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.
The Dissolve
pressComes 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.
SBS
pressA gruesome fairy tale of evil banks and sunken dreams, Lost River is a fantastically awful misfire from actor turned writer/director Ryan Gosling.
Los Angeles Times
pressA 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.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA visual and aural sensory bath that shows some real flair but feels madly derivative at every moment.
BBC
pressIt's the work of a surprisingly confident and experimental young filmmaker, even if he's not yet confident enough to move beyond his influences.
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