They are intended to function as a comic Greek chorus, and their collective wisdom becomes the movie's unexpected emotional centre. (theglobeandmail.com)
If Fanning is the film's lifeblood, then it's Refn himself who provides its unerring emotional centre. (lwlies.com)
The film's emotional centre comes when both Joes meet over a cuppa joe in a derelict diner (another «last -»40s homage in the next»40s»). (nationalpost.com)