Wildlife

2018 • 105 Minuten

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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. Actor Paul Dano makes an impressive debut as a filmmaker and - along with co-writer Zoe Kazan - elegantly adapts Richard Ford's novel of the same name. Carey Mulligan delivers one of her finest performances as a complex woman whose self-determination and self-involvement disrupts the values and expectations of the 1960s nuclear family. With precise details and textures of its specific time and place, Wildlife commits to the viewpoint of a teenage boy observing the gradual dissolution of his parents' marriage.

Bewertungen und Rezensionen

Wildlife is a family drama with neither any high nor lowlights. It simply offers a glimpse into the life of a white 1960's American small-town family under mild financial pressure.

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