The Place Beyond the Pines

“A brilliant, towering picture, The Place Beyond The Pines is a cinematic accomplishment of extraordinary grace and insight.”

Kevin Jagernauth, The Playlist · 100

“I think you’ll find it as fresh, original and breathlessly exciting as I did.”

Rex Reed, Observer · 100

“The music, the cinematography, the acting choices, the daring plot leaps — not a single element is timid or safe...The Place Beyond the Pines earns every second of its 140-minute running time.”

Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times · 100

“That the movie succeeds both as a high-stakes crime thriller as well as a far quieter and empathetic study of angry, solitary men proves that Cianfrance has a penchant for bold storytelling and an eye for performances to carry it through.”

Eric Kohn, IndieWire · 91

“It's a story languorously told in three chapters, the first two in the late 1980s and the third 15 years later. Each could be a movie unto themselves. Together they prove Cianfrance to be an effectively unobtrusive storyteller, crafting without artifice what book critics would call a page turner.”

Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times · 91