The Place Beyond the Pines

One moment can change your life.

A long and complex crime drama spanning two decades and two generations, with three distinct parts to the story. After a motorcycle stunt driver learns that he has a newborn son, he decides to settle down to support the child. As his job did not pay enough, he begins a life of crime, which leads to a meeting with a local cop keen to get ahead. Several years later, their two sons unknowingly meet, and destiny steps in to play a role.

139 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Drug abuse).
Crime, Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Don't worry, daddy's here...

Credits

Cast	Ryan Gosling, Craig van Hook, Eva Mendes, Olga Merediz, Anthony Pizza, Mahershala Ali, John Facci
Director	Derek Cianfrance
Screenplay	Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, Darius Marder
Music	Mike Patton
Cinematography	Sean Bobbitt
Editing	Jim Helton, Ron Patane
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2012
Produced by	Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Electric City Entertainment, Verisimilitude

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Crime, drama
Language	Strong, frequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Moderate to strong, frequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Tobacco use, infrequent drug taking (marijuana and ecstacy), moderate
Comments	This long and complicated crime drama depicts the lengthy and tragic involvement of two families which is precipitated by a policeman lawfully killing a bank robber. The sons of the two men act in unpredictable and violent ways when the truth emerges.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
ScreenIt C. Fuchs The cumulative result is a picture that explores interesting themes and features solid to strong performances, but takes a few missteps along the way, including allowing the puppeteer's strings to show a few too many times.	12
Metacritic.com 42 critics	14
Rottentomatoes critics 182 critics	15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Ambitious to a fault, The Place Beyond the Pines finds writer/director Derek Cianfrance reaching for -- and often grasping -- thorny themes of family, fatherhood, and fate.	16
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	15
What the People say
Internet 58562 Netizens An intriguing and diverse journey	15
Average .. 73%	15