Worth your while if you're into such movies

Rating: Null/10 (21 October 2011)

I thought it was a solid movie in general, with a nice Michael Mann movie kind of a style of music and atmosphere throughout it, so if you're into that, you might want to check it out. It was finely crafted with the highlight of the movie being the car chase scene at its beginning.
Main actors put on rather convincing performances for a movie where the dialog is very sparse (Carey Mulligan fits her role very nicely), though Ryan Gosling was maybe limited by this as I found myself expecting a bit more out of him. The standout miscast would definitely be Albert Brooks whose character definitely talks too much and his act on it seems more suitable for a Seinfeld episode or some low budget wannabe deep crime drama. The final showdown is also a big letdown as there's too little suspense about it and it's done in a way totally unconvincing for most crime movies let alone a movie with driving in its name.
Still, I think they pulled a rather enjoyable movie considering the thin and unoriginal script and what seems as a limited budget, especially compared to other movies being on offer this summer.