Wildlife
14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry—a housewife and a golf pro—in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job—and his sense of purpose—he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother's struggle as she tries to keep her head above water.
8 April 1955, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
28 May 1985, Westminster, London, England, UK
9 August 1959, Dothan, Alabama, USA
25 July 1954, Ft. Worth, Texas, USA
October 19, 2018
It's a tale we've seen plenty of times before, told deliberately and tastefully, giving no glimmers of idiosyncrasy or, frankly, personality.
October 18, 2018
Gyllenhaal and Mulligan are in fine form here, but too much of the screenplay, written by Dano and Zoe Kazan, doesn't ring true.
October 18, 2018
The whole of the film is a potent collaboration in every respect, and a remarkable directorial debut.
October 17, 2018
The film belongs to Oxenbould, who comes of age with a role that's layered and powerfully compelling.
October 19, 2018
Much like his tempered onscreen persona, Paul Dano's directorial debut is quiet, considered, and deeply sensitive.
October 19, 2018
Ms. Mulligan shows her character no mercy, at least on the surface; her performance is startling, and for the most part unsparing.
October 18, 2018
She's a woman out of time, and Ford's story, written 30 years ago, set 60 years ago, is strikingly resonant.
October 19, 2018
In this evocative, melancholy adaptation of a Richard Ford novel, some terrific performances balance out an uneven script that's sometimes difficult to penetrate.
October 17, 2018
Impeccably acted, brilliantly written, confidently directed, and full of quiet desperation, it's rather magnificent.
October 18, 2018
If the drama feels somewhat studied - though it would be more accurate to say that it simply feels thought through - it is never airless or constricted. The story maintains a steady emotional pulse alongside its meticulous accrual of details...
October 17, 2018
Actor Paul Dano's directorial debut... is a complex, deep dive into the psyche of a broken family in an era where the veneer of happiness is prized above all.
October 18, 2018
Wildlife is both stately and messy, in the way mid-century America so often seems to look through the rearview mirror.
