'Lost River' is a dark fairy tale about love, family and the fight for survival in the face of danger. In the virtually abandoned city of Lost River, Billy (Christina Hendricks), a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld in her quest to save her childhood home and hold her family together. Her teenage son Bones (Iain De Casestecker) discovers a mystery about the origins of Lost River that triggers his curiosity and sets into motion an unexpected journey that will test his limits and the limits of those he loves.
22 July 1977, Ivry-sur-Seine, France
12 April 1994, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
28 October 1982, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
3 April 1991, Pontiac, Michigan, USA
3 May 1975, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3 April 1969, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2 June 1968, Burbank, California, USA
1970, Schenectady, New York, USA
18 April 1985, San Jose, California, USA
29 December 1937, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
May 28, 2016
While 'Lost River' might not be a model of narrative efficiency, it's got more striking moments and memorable images than a season of studio product.April 13, 2015
Ryan Gosling is a tremendously talented actor, but he should really leave the storytelling to someone else.April 10, 2015
"Lost River" is one of those weird films that I think some people will absolutely adore, grabbing on to its performances, imagery, and ideas, without really caring that they haven't been stitched together in an interesting enough way.May 14, 2015
Everything ... is painfully obvious or patently nonsensical.April 09, 2015
"Lost River" is indeed a mess, but it's the best mess possible, an evocative grab-bag of images and moods with a heartfelt sincerity and conflicting impulses of romantic melancholy and hardscrabble hopefulness.January 25, 2016
That Gosling is so serious about his inconsequential pronouncements, makes this mess more of a mess.December 18, 2015
It all descends into blood and fire as Gosling sifts through his Blu-ray collection to share the images and moods he loves. Does it work as a movie? Nah, not really. But as cinematic mix tapes go, it's kind of cool.February 26, 2016
Lost River is a hugel y impressive debut, even if it is ultimately flawed. It feels like a first feature, and that's OK, and displays an art and eye from Gosling you might not have thought he possessed.March 04, 2016
Either you will hate it for being pretentiously artsy or love it as a mesmerising mess.April 24, 2015
Indulgent and movie-like, Lost River is Gosling's weird, let's-do-this-thing folly. If it is a statement, it is one made by borrowing the vivid styles of the actual filmmakers he seems to admire ...June 06, 2016
Lost River is little more than "cool shots, bro."