1. All Good Things is a crackerjack crime thriller.
2. All Good Things isn't a pleasurable film to experience, but it offers an uncanny evocation of a narcissistic sociopath who doesn't come at us with the charm and sophistication that the typical screen bad guy has.
3. The end result is intriguing, with a dash of a love story here and a twisty whodunit there. A fine performance by Ryan Gosling glues the mishmash together.
4. Filled with fact, but barren of any real story, All Good Things barely has a couple good things worth mentioning.
5. A story that's overloaded with research and unbridled speculation, all told with no clear direction.
6. A somewhat flawed yet ultimately satisfying thriller.
7. The acting occasionally borders on great. The story itself is more than worthy. But none of that comes close to overcoming the misguided pacing and overall lack of depth.
8. The film is so busy working hard to convict one rather shady character, it never convinces us of its own reason to exist.
9. Ryan Gosling is sadly miscast as the villain in this poorly-written drama.
10. The Duel drops us into a pool of languid provincial life ( ... ) Kosashvili gets the delicate falling ending of short fiction that is so hard to achieve on screen.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?
It's well-acted, and the true story that inspired it offers plenty of drama -- which is why it's so frustrating that All Good Things is so clichéd and frustratingly ambiguous.