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CIFF 2018: film #2 “what kind of man leaves his wife and child in such a lonely place?” at some point while growing up, everyone eventually realizes that their parents are not just their parents. they’re people with their own demons and problems that just happened to have a kid, or a few. and some even discover, to their horror, how messy their parents can be, or have been all along the messy decline in this happens a little suddenly, but it still rings true. carey mulligan and the way she delivers her (brilliantly written) dialogue is a highlight. her spiral is a thing to behold. and i was lucky enough to see her at the theater tonight for a…
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Takeaways: -Don’t move to Montana. -Don’t bring your child on illicit trysts. -Maybe don’t have kids period (now you tell me). -Do encourage Paul Dano to direct more movies.
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jake gyllenhaal didn’t shout boy boy boy with his whole chest for you to ignore him
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paul dano was so sick of his characters suffering in films that he had to make his own film where he made other characters suffer
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seeing jake play catch with his son in the first five mins……. maternal instinct has joined the chat
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Families are built upon two things: blood and belief. They can get by on the strength of one or the other (to have both is something of a luxury), but when the latter starts to wither, the former can only do so much to save it. This strange alchemy — the science responsible for so many American lives — percolates inside every frame of Paul Dano’s remarkable “Wildlife,” a tender, gorgeous, and exquisitely understated drama about a family that loses its faith in itself. Adapted from Richard Ford’s 1990 novel of the same name, “Wildlife” begins in a calm and idyllic Montana town circa early 1960s. More specifically, it begins on the front lawn of a small house where a…
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Protect Paul Dano at all costs. Been very excited to see this for awhile now and it definitely delivered. Very impressed with the camerawork and how the stability of the technical aspects of the film worked in sync with the stability within the story. That was cool. Lots of little details and parts of it that would be super fun to analyze some day as well. I will say that while I enjoyed the ending, I feel like I was supposed to be crying my eyes out and I was really kinda so far from doing so. Also Carey Mulligan’s character transformed a little too sudden for believability. But overall, great film, will definitely be recommending to my mom.
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I’ve seen a lot of praise for Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, and while it is certainly well-deserved, Ed Oxenbould seriously needs some more recognition. He held the emotional weight of the entire film on his shoulders, and he made it look easy while doing so. On top of all that, Oxenbould manages to keep Gyllenhaal from completely stealing the scenes they share, and that’s super impressive in its own right. Keep an eye on him, he’s going places. Wildlife is a simply a wonderful directorial debut across the board. Can’t wait to see what Dano will do next.
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wild how paul dano made jake gyllenhaal recite his longest YEAH BOIIII ever. their minds!
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I guess Jeanette’s type is range. The writing is so sharp and matter of fact. Everyone but Joe just says whatever’s on their minds at all time. The things he was subjected to as a minor and the burden he had to carry for his family should last him a lifetime of anxiety, which is going to take him years to unlearn as an ill-adjusted adult. Not to put all faults on the parents because their ways of life were…
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bisa gk sih coba ngertiin pov anak klen gmn??
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A weird movie that doesn’t try to make sense. It has comped characters that are hard to grasp and deliver an interesting story.
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Eh. What a weird mom.
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I watched this a while ago but never logged it, it was a good movie and something about it felt different. Thanks bennett for suggesting it to me.
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Great drama. Glad I accidentally came across it
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just the movie i needed to see tn ig. that final scene was kinda fucked
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i genuinely cannot think of one reason why this needed to be made, totally purposeless
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5/5 most boring movie ever
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A seminal–and sometimes painful–experience of adolescence is realizing your parents are flawed.
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Aayo_v 8 月 21, 2026
On second watch, it really becomes a form of a horror story through the eyes of Joe. Everything he sees and hears destroying bits and pieces of himself, leaving him unsure of how his world will end up. Forced to find answers and/or solutions to questions his parents are asking. Forced to become an the only adult at the age of 14.
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Paul Dano stop it please you’re hitting too close to home👀💔💔
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Não sei como ninguém fala sobre esse filme, quem passou por separação de pais sabe como é um processo dolorido e difícil de lidar, e infelizmente é algo que acontece com frequência em um relacionamento sempre se tem sacrifícios, é isso é algo que acontece com frequência nesse filme, vemos todos fazendo sacrifícios pensando no bem do outro. Aqui traz uma visão que geralmente não é tratada em filmes desse tipo, a visão do filho que sofre com a discussão…
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Банальная банальщина
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Esse filme me fez refletir o quanto os seres humanos são complexos e difíceis de se entender. O que fazer quando o desespero toma conta?
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oh my god
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A fantastic directorial debut from Paul Dano. Perhaps even better for his admirable restraint in keeping himself off-screen. Not every director has that kind of restraint. I’ll say no more.
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Paul Dano who hurt you man for you to making movies with these endings. Sometimes love isn’t patient, sometimes it’s not kind, sometimes it doesn’t face the test of time. We often forget that not everyone’s love dissolves with a spark or bang, sometimes it fades into nothing after too many issues chisel away at the walls. I think it made me reflect on my view of the idea of marriage, and own parents, it often doesn’t cross our minds…
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who would cheat on jake gyllenhaal
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A friend said if I were a mom I’d probably be the mom in this movie, and now I think about that three times a week. (The movie is great).
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Kangen Om Jake 🥺🥺 Si Bapak ‘kan di-PHK gara-gara terlalu sokap sama pelanggan *menurut bosnya. Terus beberapa hari kemudian, ditawarin lagi balik kerja di situ, katanya mereka nyesel mecat si Bapak. Nah, si Bapak gak mau lah. Terutama dia gak mau kerja di bawah orang² begitu. Istrinya nawarin, supermarket itu lagi buka lowongan tuh. Eh, si Bapak gak mau, katanya itumah kerjaan bocah. “Harga dirinya terluka” Tapi, endingnya si Bapak kerja di supermarket itu juga. Si Bapak lagi di tahap…
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The final scene literally broke me. I usually love all of Jake’s characters but this one pissed me off so bad lol.
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Did Paul Dano cast Ed Oxenbould just a little bit in part because they both kinda looked like 35-year-olds when they were teenagers? Either way, great call, the kid impressively holds his own in a heavyweight acting showcase. I prefer Unhinged Jake G to Reserved Jake G, but he’s great at both. Bill Camp does about as much with as little screen time as anyone. But really this is Carey Mulligan’s vehicle, and she is as lovely and haunted and…
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Jake sənə görə 3yarim
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BOY BOYY BOYYY, BOYY
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anjg lu Paul Dano… but thank you 😞😞😞
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Rewatched because it is so good. Paul Dano directs, and he and his partner, Zoe Kazan, wrote the screenplay. I’m not usually a big Carey Mulligan fan, but she is excellent in this. And Ed Oxenbould, who plays the teenage son, carries the mood throughout. He’s amazing. Such a great watch.
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How can you abuse a child without ever hitting or belittling him? I don’t know, how about rubbing your infidelity in your 15 year old son’s face? Make him eat dinner with the man you’re fucking while your husband is away trying to find himself. Have him witness you sucking on your lover’s face as if it was a popsicle. Subject that poor sweet kid to the sight of that man’s naked fat ass as he leaves your bedroom in…
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Está muy buena. Me encantó la fotografía y dirección de Paul Dano, y como logró que el espectador vaya descubriendo todo al mismo tiempo que el personaje principal. Carey Mulligan está espléndida como siempre. Jake Gyllenhaal también, aunque no es de mis actuaciones favoritas de él (por favor denle algún día un personaje feliz)
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Really really good, but I just feel there’s something missing here
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get that kid out of that house bruh
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oç kari
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Well that was the most valid Jake Gyllenhaal charachter crash out without going completely bananas,….also Carey Mulligan when it comes to playing a miserable mother is something else!.
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Really moving. I love Carey Mulligan so much. Also, 1960s Montana, gorgeous shots and color palette. The final scene had me weeping.
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Damn
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Uff
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While I think the wife was based for hating her husband, she became a horrible mother while cucking Jake gully. Also, I can admit this movie was doing whatever it was doing well, but the mom really pissed me off which is why it’s only getting a 2.5. 6/46
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Cheat on your husband because he literally left your whole life to die in a wild fire instead of just getting a job at Walmart? ✅😍🥰 Start projection your unresolved frustration with said cheating on your son and just become a deplorable mom? 🚫👎🙅♂️ This felt like a book movie in the best worst way possible. The drama is tense but honestly you start to hate the characters so much (especially the mom) to the point it bleeds onto the…
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Good job, Paul Dano
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such a sad film holy guac. I didn’t cry but I did like that the story is directed from the pod of the kid who’s looking at his fucked up parents.
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JAKE GYLLENHAAL’ı da aldatmazdık haaa
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it had its good moments, and it was beautifully shot and i particularly liked when the camera moves from joe in his car to the inside of the house watching his mums affair- it felt very real and more intense i however did find it boring at times, but i think that’s down to my taste as the plot was good i just broke off watching it to do other things hence why i wasn’t as into it as i knew i could be
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Depressing af. Gyllenhaal’s agent needs to keep him away from scripts like this
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Even tho jake didnt have much screen time,he makes up with quality.such a oscar bait-y movie
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Mmrym 8 月 17, 2026
ben bunu izlicektim actim jake cok mu az görünüyor ne kapadim sonra🥰
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I was hoping for more of a Train Dreams feel but got a nice simple sad film. Looks good. Acting is great. The kid is phenomenal. However, we just stay in our sadness and melancholy and that’s the point I would say, but I don’t want to be here. Gyllenhaal led me here and it’s the smallest screen time I think he has had since his early career. Interesting that he took this on. Gyllenhaal Ranked
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I love Carey Mulligan
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cha cha cha
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Don’t wait for the perfect time to watch something, because you’ll end up missing out on it. Both the movie’s soundtrack and the song ‘The Answer’ by UNKLE, which were featured in the trailer, have stuck with me since I first saw it back in 2018.
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Son sahne çok saf ve hoştu
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The storytelling is very beautiful , the scenery is beautiful and most of all the kid is so precious makes me feel like a bad daughter The emotionally vacant father and I’m a victim mom is the typpa trope u understand better with time and it’s bound to feel close to home because at the end of the day , Parents are also parenting for the first time and let’s be real living for someone else even if it’s your son is difficult
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When the real enemy is the expectation that women shouldn’t work/be educated in the 1960s… A somber tale of grown ups being upset with the way their lives have panned out even though they haven’t even reached the age of 40. The only real explosions are done via forest fire, but that doesn’t mean that this film didn’t capture intense emotional conflicts. In fact, it’s more so the resignation that each of the characters exhibit that make this film crushing.…
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I think a lot of people coming for Jake Gyllenhaal acting like a useless dad are going to be disappointed because this is very much a Carey Mulligan movie and she does an amazing job being a mother that doesn’t really know what to do after her husband leaves to die in a forest fire for 1 dollar an hour. Really well done gradually showing how the parents in this kind of become less of parents in Joe’s point of…
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Kinagam vitire bolos
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Yani çocuğun yerinde olmak çok zor 14 yaşındasın ve bunlar yaşanıyor üstününe üstlük annesinin böyle niyeti var da çocuğun önünde niye yaparsın be arkadaş yazık yazık yazık
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real-ass “actually I kind of hate both of you” disillusioned child of divorce movie and if I had seen this before I got closure with my mother and got to know her as an adult rather than “my mother” I think the ending would have pissed me off, but nahhh I get it now.
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Esse eu já n gostei muito, esse filme faz a gente sentir ódio, dos dois pais, mas esse ódio se dissipa ao longo do tempo, um filme que achei chato pra falar a verdade. Tem Jake Gylenhaal
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Boy boy boy boy. Felt bad for the kid.
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Damn ok
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Love the landscape shots in this.
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Kendi dünyaları/ikili ilişkileri öylesine değerli ki (!) afişte bile yeri yok zavallımın…
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Stunning pale cinematography; hauntingly melancholy score; tremendously-acted; perfect sound design; a nuanced and beautiful screenplay. I am enraged that Paul Dano’s directed nothing since this, because I can tell that he’s one of our best working filmmakers but hiding for some reason. God, the man crafted a total masterpiece!
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bro cmooon plllz , can we normalize giving jake a happy story and joe u are the best ,i wish i can be u in my next life
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beautifully done. great performances, beautiful setting, costume and set design were amazing.
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A vintage Gyllenhaal performance if I’ve ever seen one
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Paul Dano se lució con esta peli
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Família louca, euem. Mas é incrível como mostram as emoções e perspectivas de uma família com problema dessa maneira tão “não comunicativa”
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why does this wimp ass kid look so punchable
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me when my wife cheats on me : BOY BOY BOY…BOY‼️‼️‼️
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Bu adamı seviyorum ama karilari hep birazcik yollu oluyor ve zavallı Joe ..
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Ik zag de visie bijna, maar ik viel bijna in slaap en daar vergeef ik deze film niet voor
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« Ask ’em personal questions. Works like a charm. People love to talk about themselves. »
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boy boy boy….BOYY!!!!!!
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I can confirm this movie rocks.
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This wasn’t bad but I’m not sure I was in the mood for this type of slow methodical kind of movie but I very rarely am it’s just not my kind of movie. There’s some really nice looking scenes like the car scene or when his father returns near the end in the snow. The acting is also really strong, sometimes I dislike Carey Mulligan but she was really good here and I kept hating her character more and more…
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i famously cannot stomach carey mulligan, so there’s that and the kid’s little-to-no resemblance to jake gyllenhaal made it kind of distracting, although the kid and carey do have the same hairline so i guess there’s that too a lot of pretty shots and ultimately the idea of writing something so intimate about a generation two generations removed from you is a fun and interesting exercise, but boy boy boy pretty bleak impressed i guess but i want another movie from paul about something else
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man.. marriage is a complicated thing okay but i cannot imagine cheating on jake gyllenhaal tbh :d
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Poor Joe. This movie is so freaking sad, not one moment of reprieve which probably would have helped us become a little more attached to the characters. Great acting and cinematography from everyone, Jake Gyllenhaal never disappoints….. though he really isn’t in this film enough. Ending scene was very well done as well.
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Jake ne zaman oscarını alır acaba
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Jjulia 8 月 12, 2026
Great cinematography Great acting Plot was not up to par Good directorial debut for paul dano though 👍👍
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zoe kazan and paul dano never stop writing movies
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Sad sad sad film ! Great debut tho.
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You know I had to show up for my main man Paul even if here hes really talking to somebody who isn’t me. Visually gorgeous movie with some really stellar teen acting ! Also I like the title I think it’s smart
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Really solid debut from Dano here. It’s honestly depressing to think that this might be the last good to great Gyllenhaal movie to come out. That’s all going to change though once M. Night’s new movie comes out next year 🙂
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I thought it was pretty good although lacking in some ways but Jake never disappoints with his acting
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Sweet Joe. I hope he gets some good therapy one day.
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Very slow burn movie but very worth a watch, movie pissed me off a lot though mostly cause of the characters. I heart the buildup and I think Paul Dano did a very good job, I hope to see more from him. The eye candy here is also very good, another dilf jake 👀👀 sign me up!! Depressing ass movie though.
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Wildlife by Paul Dano is heartbreaking. The way this film quietly breaks you is devastating. No forced melodrama, just a family slowly falling apart in front of this kid. Ed Oxenbould carries this film with his silence. It’s a weird way to put it but his eyes speaks for him, incomprehension leading to disgust, sadness and confusion. I think every kid like myself who grew up in a divorced household can relate to the position of Joe in this film, powerless…
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The mother’s breakdown is present. The father’s breakdown is not. There’s grace for both, but one is in frame, intentionally, and thus judged more, intentionally, and that’s not fair, intentionally.
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Aacall 8 月 9, 2026
it really is a wild life when u think about it
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Не знаю, я не осталась в восторге, меня ничего не впечатлило, после завершения фильма я поняла, что осталась с чувством, будто я хотела очень сильно чихнуть, но чих от меня улизнул. Не дошел сюжет до пика у мистера Дано, но, учитывая, что это его дебютная режиссерская работа, то это, я бы не побоялась сказать, прикольно! Актеры класс, хоть их и было трое в основном плане! Пересматривать не буду, пожалуй, но фильм визуально неплох…
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This movie pissed me off. The mom is such a terrible person, cheating with the rich guy didn’t even get her anything because Jake Gyllenhaal came back. I felt terrible for the kid the whole way through. It pissed me off but in a good kind of way. It was very well made. The characters were good but I expected more from the kid, he just kind of put up with everything and never said his opinion.
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Genuinely the ONLY Jake Gyllenhaal movie I dislike.
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Slow burn
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Paul dano’s first directed movie. An awesome watch. Jake did a good job but carry carried it.
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Weird. Grown man teenager with weird mom.
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CCarl Patterson 6 月 30, 2019
Good grief it was slow and ponderous. The ending was good with the three of them having their photo taken. His parents had separated and both of them had tears in their eyes.
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Director
- Paul Dano
- Writer
- Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan
- Studio
- Sight Unseen Pictures, June Pictures, Nine Stories Productions
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 105 mins
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