Writing for the Indiewire `` Playlist '' blog , Kevin Jagernauth praised the film as an `` ambitious epic that is cut from some of the same thematic tissue as Cianfrance 's previous film , but expands the scope into a wondrously widescreen tale of fathers , sons and the legacy of sins that are passed down through the generations '' .
Kevin Jagernauth of Indiewire gave a positive review and said that it was a `` ambitious epic that is cut from some of the same thematic tissue as Cianfrance 's previous film , but expands the scope into a wondrously widescreen tale of fathers , sons and the legacy of sins that are passed down through the generations '' .