A review by Mike from CW Atlanta:

Jackson is a part that isn’t easy to do, but Crowe plays off Gosling brilliantly, giving his character a world-weary menace. Crowe’s Jackson is a man who likes that his room is above a seedy comedy club. To Jackson it’s not unusual to be holding a bag of money that apparently has been stolen from a bank but can’t be opened because the dye pack will explode.

Mike is a film critic for Atlanta’s CW station with postings at his own blog, Last One To Leave The Theatre, and at the social media site, Ello.