Lost River (2014)

A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.

Director:

Ryan Gosling

Writer:

Ryan Gosling

Stars:

Christina Hendricks, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christina Hendricks	...	Billy
Iain De Caestecker	...	Bones
Saoirse Ronan	...	Rat
Matt Smith	...	Bully
Ben Mendelsohn	...	Dave
Eva Mendes	...	Cat
Reda Kateb	...	Cab Driver
Barbara Steele	...	Grandma
Landyn Stewart	...	Franky
Rob Zabrecky	...	MC
Shannon Plumb	...	Fanny
Torrey Wigfield	...	Face
Misty Robinette	...	Misty
Holly Schlegel	...	Holly
Thomas McDonald	...	Skip (as ''Skip' Thomas Pierre McDonald')

Storyline

"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.

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Plot Keywords:

underwater scene | curse | house of horrors | sadism | desolation | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent images, language and some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 April 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

How to Catch a Monster

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$20,828, 12 April 2015, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$43,282, 26 April 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bold Films,Marc Platt Productions,Phantasma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During one scene in the club, we see a person wearing a large skull mask that resembles perfectly the mask worn by one of the circus gang members in Batman Returns.

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Goofs

When Bully is under water after the car wreck he is upside down. The heels of his feet are on the car's hood and his head is under water. Yet when he exhales the bubbles go down when they leave his mouth. They should rise.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Franky: [Franky walks out of his house mumbling to himself] I'm gonna have some soup. I'm gonna go eat dinner. Come on, I just wanna eat dinner.

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Crazy Credits

There is a short scene after the credits in which the street lights switch off again.

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Connections

References Guiding Light (1952)

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Soundtracks

Yes (Symmetry Remix)
Performed by Chromatics

User Reviews

Really wanted to enjoy this film.

Watched the trailer and was mesmerized by some of the imagery that Ryan Gosling has managed to capture.

Then I watched the film itself.

It felt like i was watching the extended version of the trailer, small snippets of dialogue surrounded by vast dreamlike imagery but with no actual story to go with it.

This film isn't bad its just that it's not very good either. I felt like i was left wanting a little bit more, that it hadn't really fulfilled my appetite.

That said there is potential and because Gosling is just so damned cool I will be looking forward to the next step (Fan boy mode deactivated).