I just want to say, that I really enjoyed this movie, so much so that I even bought it on blu-ray, and with that being said, this film suffers from a lot of problems, all of which come from the script. Lost River is the directorial debut of Ryan Gosling, who also wrote this. I do think, as a director, he has a very bright future, because his directing was great in Lost River, but I can't say that his future as a writer is a bright. Sadly, what really holds Lost River back is Gosling's script, and the large number of holes in it, and it doesn't help that it can be incoherent in some moments. Let me give a least one example, without spoiling, to prove my point? How does Bully (the antagonist) know Bone's (the protagonist) name, and that he was stealing copper in Bully's territory? It's things like that at are scattered, not only through the movie, but usually in every scene. At this point, you may be asking, why buy it on blu-ray than? Once reason, the cinematography. Lost River might be the most beautiful, and well-shot film of 2015, and its use of film of digital shows. I feel like it's worth mentioning that in Lost River, Billy (Christina Hendricks) spends a lot of the run-time in a surreal nightclub that she works with, and every scene in the club, felt way to similar to the scenes in the apartment in Blue Velvet, which was the first, of many, things I noticed about this that felt like a large homage to David Lynch. In fact, I feel like Lost River (at times) is a large homage to directors that Gosling has either worked with, inspired by, or both, like Lynch, Nicolas Winding Refen, Guillermo del Toro (who oddly enough earned a special thanks in the credits), Gaspar Noe, and Derek Cianfrance, just to name a few. While I may recommend Lost River, i feel like it's the type of film to turn on when you're watching something with a group of friends, who are going to talk through, because this isn't something to watch for the story, but for the visuals.
Review of Lost River
