Lost River

Name: Lost River
Released: 2015-4-10
Cast: Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith, Eva Mendes

Lost River

R
1h 35m
2015

30%

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Oscar® and Golden Globe nominee Ryan Gosling makes his filmmaking debut with this singular vision of stranded people finding connection in a broken world. In this dark fairy tale about love, family and the fight for survival in the face of danger, a single mother (Mad Men's Christina Hendricks) in the virtually abandoned city of Lost River is led into a macabre underworld in her quest to hold her family together. After her teenage son discovers a mystery about the origins of Lost River, his curiosity sets into motion an unexpected journey that will test the limits of those he loves.

Director:

Ryan Gosling

Producer:

Marc Platt, Ryan Gosling, Adam Siegel, Michel Litvak, David Lancaster, Gary Michael Walters, Jeff Stott

Writer:

Ryan Gosling

Cast:

Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith, Eva Mendes, Ben Mendelsohn

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

30%

Critics Consensus: 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.

Reviews

Deep Focus Review

Brian Eggert

Gosling seems preoccupied with the look of his film more than its substance. His vague ideas about moral and existential decomposition inhabit a cumbersome viewing experience that remains admirable at times, but never engaging.

It's not quite deserving of whistling, but its potential to unsettle is undone by Gosling's reliance on style over substance.

One unforgettable image after another, this dreamlike gothic urban fantasy has more staying power than any other recent films I've seen.

There's more than a nugget of intrigue to this era-less, nihilism-inflected tale, but Gosling is too concerned with aesthetic and tone to deliver much of a narrative.

For Gosling it seems to be train set, a paint box and a whole crate of star studded action figures to play with and he throws them at the screen willy-nilly, in a way which is at least exuberant and entertaining.

April 4, 2019

FULL REVIEW

Additional Info

Genre:Thriller, Drama, Fantasy
Release Date:April 10, 2015
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1
Screen Pass Eligible:Yes

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Lost River

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