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It was and it was.
I really struggled with this film because there was a lot I liked in it but a lot that just didn't work for me. In my mind the film is essentially a triptych:
The Gosling story (1) was by far the most gripping in my eyes. I didn't want it to end and I missed it when it did. There was so much to like - a brilliant, flawed hero, a tense, unsustainable love triangle and great camaraderie between the two thieves.
The Ray Liotta vs Bradley Cooper story (2) promised a lot but delivered little. I enjoyed RL and the general air of menace and I think the situation had so much potential but it was just quickly resolved and then put to bed never to return.
The sins of the fathers revisiting the sons in (3) just bored me to tears. Too long, too soppy and a bit predictable. I kept waiting for the backlash from the corruption beef to raise it's head but it never did. I didn't much like anyone in this segment.
I enjoyed this film and it's really refreshing to see someone be so ambitious with their filmmaking but TPBYP was wildly unfocused and a bit of a mess.