Synopsis
Billy, a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld while her teenage son, Bones, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. Both Billy and Bones must dive deep into the mystery if their family is to survive.
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Cast
- Christina HendricksBilly
- Iain De CaesteckerBones
- Saoirse RonanRat
- Eva MendesCat
- Matt SmithBully
- Ben MendelsohnDave
- Reda KatebCab Driver
- Barbara SteeleBelladonna
- Landyn StewartFranky
- Rob ZabreckyMC
Recommendations
- 69
Film.com
Ryan Gosling wanted to make an art film and, despite some dull patches, pretty much succeeded. - 60
CineVue
This is the kind of oddball midnight movie that could easily gain a cult following and there are delights to be had in the midst. - 58
Hitfix
Lost River is a beautifully dressed minor effort, a movie in which all the muscle in the world can't transform the thin, thin script into something more. - 42
IndieWire
Rather than making his own movie, Gosling has composed a messy love letter to countless others. - 42
The Playlist
Given the talent assembled, the emptiness at its center only makes it feel like more of a waste. But it does look great, it does sound great (the score, by "Drive" soundtrack contributor Johnny Jewel, is one of the film's best elements), and can be fitfully interesting. - 40
The Guardian
It is colossally indulgent, shapeless, often fantastically and unthinkingly offensive and at all times insufferably conceited. Yet it is frustrating precisely because it sometimes isn't so bad. There is something in there somewhere - striking images and moments, and the crazy energy of a folie de grandeur. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The visuals are undeniably dreamy, but they mostly seem borrowed from other filmmakers’ dreams. - 40
Time Out
It goes off the rails early and often. You almost have to give it props for how resolutely batshit it is. Almost.
