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Name: The Place Beyond the Pines
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Genre: crime, drama
Released: 2013
Duration: 2 h 20 min
Rating: 7.3

The Place Beyond the Pines has an iRankMovies score of 73.2/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

One moment can change your life.

Release:2013

Runtime:2h 20m

Country:United States

Director:Derek Cianfrance

Language:English

Genre

CrimeDrama

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Keywords

corruptionParent Child RelationshipHostageMotelCarnivalStuntmanHouse PartyMechanic

iRank73

The Place Beyond the Pines rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 307K votes

Rotten Tomatoes79%

Metacritic68%

TMDb6.983/10· 5K votes

With 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 68/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Place Beyond the Pines

A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

Cast of The Place Beyond the Pines

Ryan Gosling
as Luke Glanton
Bradley Cooper
as Avery Cross
Eva Mendes
as Romina Gutierrez
Rose Byrne
as Jennifer Cross
Ray Liotta
as Peter Deluca
Dane DeHaan
as Jason Kancam
Emory Cohen
as AJ Cross
Mahershala Ali
as Kofi Kancam
Bruce Greenwood
as Bill Killcullen
Ben Mendelsohn
as Robin Van Der Hook
Harris Yulin
as Al Cross
Robert Clohessy
as Chief Weirzbowski

The Place Beyond the Pines facts

Budget: $15M
Box office: $47.1M

Our take on The Place Beyond the Pines

Derek Cianfrance's 2013 crime drama begins with a motorcycle stunt rider who weighs committing a crime to provide for his wife and child, a choice that sets him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician. What follows is a story about fathers, sons and the long shadow that one desperate decision can cast. Cianfrance favours moody, unhurried storytelling over adrenaline, digging into consequence, class and inheritance. It suits viewers drawn to sombre, ambitious American dramas that value atmosphere and moral weight over pace. If you like character studies where the fallout matters more than the crime itself, this rewards patience and attention.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Derek Cianfrance constructs diverging narrative exploring corruption and consequences
•Bank robbery premise grounded in dreary emotional authenticity throughout
•Crime-drama genre executed with character focus rather than spectacle emphasis

What the audience disliked

•Multiple narrative threads may feel fragmented or lose momentum for some viewers
•Carnival setting cannot fully offset the predominant melancholic atmospheric tone