What happened to Ernest mellow-dramas like this? Holy shit!! The script is whatever but it’s kind of incredible what this movie does with simply great direction and incredible performances. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration that McAdams and Gosling give possibly the best performances of their careers here and that’s saying something.
The chemistry they share is once in a lifetime.
I’m going to knock off a star because the romanticization of Jim Crow era South Carolina is pretty uncomfortable.…