Lost River

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Claire M @Lloth54 Jan 19 Watched this on a Saoirse Ronan binge because, quite frankly, everything she touches seems to turn to gold. It didn’t disappoint. I found it thoughtfully filmed, but no more pretentious than other movies with a voice. Good story and engaging characters. Creepy. Yes. Disturbing. Yes. Did I expect what I got from the movie blurb? Nope. Should I have watched it while the kids were still up and milling about the house? Nope. Probably not. Put the bairns to bed first. See more Anthony F @Anthony999 Jun 29 Pretentious twaddle that you will regret watching Trust me. See more Harry H @RT12626987 05/31/2025 Just weird and disjointed which just goes to show how talented people can make mistakes See more Jordan W @RT70741150 08/22/2024 I like Ryan Gosling’s weirdo dreamlink attempt to replicate Nicolas Winding Refn’s most pretentious filmmaking gimmicks. Lost River is a very bizarre movie but never particularly boring. The movie got so interesting and inventive at a point that I completely forgot this was written and directed by Ryan Gosling. And that counts for something in my book. The man definitely knows how to built atmosphere. See more Zachariah B @RT48530752 07/05/2024 It’s really something; I saw Gozzie’s Lost River one night when I was just about asleep on the couch. It was 3:30 a.m. and I was flicking through the shows and infomercials and somehow stopped on this film. It had just started. From that moment, and until this bizarre tale ended , I was transfixed. The music was so weird and unique, but fit the narrative like nothing I’d ever seen before. And Mattreuyoo Smitty is absolutely astonishing as the big bad; riding around in a throne on top of a moving Cadillac. Or was it a Lincoln Continental?? This movie is literally like a dream. It is. And it’s beautiful. People will say Gozzie is ripping off Lynch or Bunuel or whoever made films like this before. But don’t you listen to them. It’s fresh. Original. And highly evocative. ps the Aussie Ben Mendalorian is also unbelievable in this film. 8.5/10 See more Meg W @RT10948440 10/01/2023 Everyone's a critic, but this film evoked exactly the emotions I know it intended to. I'm now left sitting in a post-Lost-River melancholy, contemplating the desire for a home of our own, and all the debts which when they're spent, keep us from ever feeling like we truely belong. When "the man" comes to collect, he rapes us of our dignity and purity, all for the sake of a patch of dirt and the wood and nails to match. We are coersed into deals with the devil, and when he leaves town, we're left with nothing but trinket-rubbish, ash in our mouths and rats to call friends. The only thing which might save us, are thoughts of fictional worlds, of spells and hidden treasures. Only to lunge us into the abyss regardless, and leave us searching for the life we thought we had already won. Sure this film is about Detroit, but it's about so, so much more. I wasn't a fan of Gosling's before, but I sure as hell am now. See more Read all reviews

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