this movie be full of pseudo deep thoughtfulness and it cloy in it writerly ness and that include a canned ham voice over and some unbelievable dialogue . dialogue that be tinny and tone deaf the way spike sometimes ( not always ) be when write certain character . for those that like nonsense film like piece of april and one hour photo and this be another one for you . that say and this comment be nothing against ryan gosling who have show his awesome chop in the believer . a film that prove that movie be a director medium and and when a movie be rotten it fair to say the fault lie there and not in the actor .