Place Beyond the Pines, A

A dark, compelling, well-acted, 140-minute film that comes full circle as it follows the tumultuous lives of two men, a hotshot stunt motorcycle rider (Ryan Gosling) who makes the wrong choices when he leaves the carnival to work for a sleazy mechanic (Ben Mendelsohn) in an attempt to care for his 1-year-old son who lives with his waitressing mother (Eva Mendes) and her African-American boyfriend (Mahershala Ali) in Schenectady and an ambitious, straitlaced, lawyer-educated cop turned politician (Bradley Cooper) with a wife (Rose Bryne) and young son who becomes a reluctant hero despite accolades from his peers (Ray Liotta, Robert Clohessy, et al.) and the district attorney (Bruce Greenwood) after a bank robbery, whose paths ultimately cross, which changes both of their lives and that of their 17-year-old sons (Dane DeHaan and Emory Cohen, respectively).
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