Wildlife (2018)
Country: US
Technical: col 105m
Director: Paul Dano
Cast: Ed Oxenbould, Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal
Synopsis:
Montana, 1960: a newly arrived family is separated when the father loses his job and volunteers to go firefighting. The fourteen year-old son is left alone with his mother, whose behaviour becomes increasingly erratic.
Review:
Pared back, toned down portrayal of life just above the poverty line in rural America, the post-war generation caught between relative security and lack of aspiration. Superbly acted, it features a deeply affecting performance from Oxenbould as the solid-as-a-rock teenage son, and typically stand-back-and-observe direction for a first feature. This may lead to some pacing issues, but gives us time to appreciate the unobtrusive recreation of a Sixties community. The omnipresent forest fire hints at metaphorical intent; as the mother says, 'Sometimes the little (animals) get confused and burn up.'
Country: US
Technical: col 105m
Director: Paul Dano
Cast: Ed Oxenbould, Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal
Synopsis:
Montana, 1960: a newly arrived family is separated when the father loses his job and volunteers to go firefighting. The fourteen year-old son is left alone with his mother, whose behaviour becomes increasingly erratic.
Review:
Pared back, toned down portrayal of life just above the poverty line in rural America, the post-war generation caught between relative security and lack of aspiration. Superbly acted, it features a deeply affecting performance from Oxenbould as the solid-as-a-rock teenage son, and typically stand-back-and-observe direction for a first feature. This may lead to some pacing issues, but gives us time to appreciate the unobtrusive recreation of a Sixties community. The omnipresent forest fire hints at metaphorical intent; as the mother says, 'Sometimes the little (animals) get confused and burn up.'
Country: US
Technical: col 105m
Director: Paul Dano
Cast: Ed Oxenbould, Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal
Synopsis:
Montana, 1960: a newly arrived family is separated when the father loses his job and volunteers to go firefighting. The fourteen year-old son is left alone with his mother, whose behaviour becomes increasingly erratic.
Review:
Pared back, toned down portrayal of life just above the poverty line in rural America, the post-war generation caught between relative security and lack of aspiration. Superbly acted, it features a deeply affecting performance from Oxenbould as the solid-as-a-rock teenage son, and typically stand-back-and-observe direction for a first feature. This may lead to some pacing issues, but gives us time to appreciate the unobtrusive recreation of a Sixties community. The omnipresent forest fire hints at metaphorical intent; as the mother says, 'Sometimes the little (animals) get confused and burn up.'