100 Minutes of Ryan Gosling staring into the distance

Rating: 3/10 (19 November 2018)

Seriously, it is ridiculous how often you get a shot of Ryan Gosling staring into the distance in this movie. If you enjoy just looking at him in awe then this movie probably is for you, because you won't get much else.
The shots are annoyingly long, they really celebrate each and every single one of them by overextending the duration. The dialogues are slow and shallow as well. Gosling doesn't portray any kind of emotion for most of the screen time, but is rather looking like he is always bored to death in whatever situation he is in. I was hoping to get any kind of information during the story of why his character seems to be absolutely distant and emotionless and would have liked to know more about the characters driving motives behind his actions. But you also won't get any of that.
It is very different from most of the contemporary movies, but different does not always equal good.