“Gosling once again proves he’s the most captivatingly mannered actor around, half-smirking his way through a baby-faced Steve McQueen riff and toying with props as if they’re strange, foreign objects he just discovered. Derek Cianfrance could probably be a great filmmaker, if he wasn’t trying so hard to be a Great Filmmaker.” – The Improper Bostonian, 03/27/2013