At this point I just watch everything with Jake Gyllenhaal in it, what an actor! Again a very solid performance. I can say the same about Carey Mulligan, it's as if she gets better every year. Such a talented and beautiful actress.
Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan's script for Wildlife (which Dano directed) is a drama set in 1959-1960 Montana, about a couple (Jake Gylllenhall and Carey Mulligan) tested by the husband leaving for an extended period of time to fight a forest fire, and really more about the effect this has on their teenage son Joe, played by Ed Oxenbould. It's all in the title. There are allusions to animal behavior in the script, but the wildlife in the story is the adults, and Joe is an observer (notably, he takes an after-school job as a photographer), very seldom accepting to take active part in the proceedings. He witnesses his parents' supportive marriage crumble, and his mother's dalliances while his dad is away, but Gyllenhall is so absent through most of the movie, this is almost like living through a divorce in an era where that was very rare. Children of "broken homes" may well recognize their own experiences in Joe's. I wish Dano had done away with the two(?) scenes where Joe isn't present to solidify this theme, but regardless, Wildlife is a quiet but well-written representation of that moment when you realize your parents are just normal (flawed) people.
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At this point I just watch everything with Jake Gyllenhaal in it, what an actor! Again a very solid performance. I can say the same about Carey Mulligan, it's as if she gets better every year. Such a talented and beautiful actress.Siskoid
Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan's script for Wildlife (which Dano directed) is a drama set in 1959-1960 Montana, about a couple (Jake Gylllenhall and Carey Mulligan) tested by the husband leaving for an extended period of time to fight a forest fire, and really more about the effect this has on their teenage son Joe, played by Ed Oxenbould. It's all in the title. There are allusions to animal behavior in the script, but the wildlife in the story is the adults, and Joe is an observer (notably, he takes an after-school job as a photographer), very seldom accepting to take active part in the proceedings. He witnesses his parents' supportive marriage crumble, and his mother's dalliances while his dad is away, but Gyllenhall is so absent through most of the movie, this is almost like living through a divorce in an era where that was very rare. Children of "broken homes" may well recognize their own experiences in Joe's. I wish Dano had done away with the two(?) scenes where Joe isn't present to solidify this theme, but regardless, Wildlife is a quiet but well-written representation of that moment when you realize your parents are just normal (flawed) people.gobberpooper
So...is this movie supposed to be like an Oedipus complex thing? Am I the only one getting really weird vibes from this movie?