"People come in here when something good is going on in their lives, they want to capture that happy moment and make it permanent." The ending of this movie just is beautiful. This movie hits a little to close to home for me it just makes you feel uncomfortable but the movie is just real and the performances are all phenomenal epically Ed Oxenbould.
That hit the emotions, a deep one and definitely felt sorry for the character joe played by (Ed oxenbould) that did a good job, hope to see him in more. There’s been similar situations in my childhood so did hit me a little. A good film and great plot with a good cast that all played well together.
The performances in this fiery drama are strong across the board, but its young Oxenbould who makes the biggest impression, continuing his rise in Hollywood with a terrific turn here. An excellent film, slow burning and intensely powerful.
It seems there comes a time in many parent-child relationships where the child becomes the parent and the parent becomes... well, either a child or worse. This film starts off simple enough - it seems as though the child is growing up in a home with two well-adjust parents. And then.... you see the cracks of what is beneath. This film really resonated with me in that my parents very much resembled the characters in the movie. My parents got married far too young and later in life they reverted back to the time in which they stopped growing. This film was beautifully told and very well acted.
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Ever since i heard about this movie, I was looking forward to watching it and I'm really glad it lived up to my expectations. A slow and sad story beautifully told from the perspective of the boy. we feel the same emotions as boy feels. some scenes are somehow uncomfortable to watch and I think that shows exactly how well the story telling is done. I also loved the cinematography. Filled with beautiful shots and camerawork. Overall great debut for Paul Dano.
"Ain't this a wild life"
A very small and slow story about a family. Paul Dano really does a fine job directing his first film. I thought the cinematography was great. The way they use closeups and the framing really stood out to me. Jake Gyllenhaal and Ed Oxenbould both give really good performances but it is Carey Mulligan who is on another level.
This small, intimate character driven drama is devastating in so many different ways. Set in a day & age where masculinity wouldn't allow for fragility or vulnerability, you see a struggle to meet that societal norm. When women were viewed as lesser than their male counterparts, you see a woman struggle as she wants to experience life, but has to wrestle with the games that come with being a woman who isn't truly allowed to have a voice. And then you have a child being thrown to and fro as his parents focus, selfishly, on themselves and heap some real damage on their son as he perseveres while navigating the complexities he doesn't always fully understand, but definitely sees. There's a lot here if you really invest yourself. It's not pretty, but it feels achingly real.
Who knew a film starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal could be so boring?
Love the camerawork, like the performances, like the atmosphere and the "feeling". I kind of also liked the story. So why not a 9 or 10? I really don't understand why the son gets dragged along, I don't get why psychologically that happens it just feels like a plot device to make the movie what it is.
And the other thing: What does this movie want to tell us?
Jesus! Jeanette is hateful as FUCK.
Old-fashioned filmmaking in the best sense
The directorial debut of actor Paul Dano, Wildlife is based on the 1990 novel by Richard Ford, and is written for the screen by Dano and his girlfriend Zoe Kazan (with Dano also serving as producer, and Kazan as executive producer). Looking at the implosion of a family from the perspective of a 14-year-old member of said family, although Wildlife is a piece of remarkably nostalgic filmmaking, at the same time, it tells something of a modern story. Subtly depicting an Americana on the cusp of massive social upheaval, the film demonstrates the uncertainty with which second-wave feminism manifested itself at a grassroots level prior to really taking off in 1963. Although it's essentially a character study, the film also suggests the 1950s-style clean-cut, neatly trimmed, rigidly defined way of life, built around the perfect nuclear family wherein a wife must be subservient to her husband, is about to become a thing of the past. Understated, restrained, narratively precise, but still granting the characters room to breathe, the film is emotional without being melodramatic, encouraging empathy without manipulating the audience.
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Review by Saint PaulyBlockedParent2018-12-22T12:04:33Z
Wildlife is a methanol fire: it burns slower and you can't see the flames but it does the same sort of damage as a regular blaze.
Because Wildlife burns like a fuse that's building slowly to a soft explosion, all of the elements must be primed to prevent the spark from going out. The actors, the script, the directing must all be optimum to keep the fragile pyre burning. Fortunately, that's the case with Wildlife.
Young Ed Oxenbould (who I remember best from Shyamalan's The Visit) continues to show promise as an up and coming actor, Jake Gyllenhaal makes all the right choices in keeping his portrayal subtle and strong, and Carey Mulligan turns in what may be her best performance to date.
Paul Dano passes behind the camera for the first time and delivers a film full of subtle poetry that many with far more experience will envy, bringing to life a nicely paced story penned by himself and partner (in every sense of the word) Zoe Kazan.
So why not a perfect 10? The film fills its art-house, family drama niche perfectly, but doesn't try to go beyond that. It's content to be just a small film and not a small film with universal aspirations (like Jim Jarmusch's Paterson). There are, as well, some story lines that are threaded then neglected (the friend Ruth, for example) and finally, I felt some of the changes the characters went through were too hurried.
But those are small drops in the ocean of Wildlife, and do little to dilute or douse its power.