
Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful private equity fund partner, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father-in-law, Phil (Chris Cooper), to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel. What starts as a complaint letter to a vending machine company turns into a series of letters revealing startling personal admissions. Davis' letters catch the attention of customer service rep, Karen (Naomi Watts), and, amidst emotional and finan... (Full plot summary below)
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Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful private equity fund partner, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father-in-law, Phil (Chris Cooper), to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel. What starts as a complaint letter to a vending machine company turns into a series of letters revealing startling personal admissions. Davis' letters catch the attention of customer service rep, Karen (Naomi Watts), and, amidst emotional and financial burdens of her own, the two form an unlikely connection. With the help of Karen and her son Chris (Judah Lewis), Davis starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew.
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| We Got This CoveredDarren RueckerDemolition finds a way to make its heavy-handed grief metaphor into a pleasingly self-aware and abundantly entertaining smash of a movie. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallVallée's movie itself begins falling apart after being so artfully put together. Yet Gyllenhaal's performance is the center that holds, making Davis' melancholic obsession and irrational acts seem like the sanest things anyone could do. His disintegration is the actor's triumph. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordJake Gyllenhaal gives a performance that is, at once, without emotion and seething with anger. |
| Contactmusic.comRich ClineWith its darkly emotive themes and brittle humour, this well-made drama by Jean-marc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club) isn't quite what it appears to be. |
| HollywoodInToto.comChristian TotoThere's no reason Demolition should work given how oft-putting its main character is. Yet Jake Gyllenhaal sells it like a certain real estate mogul conning a political party. |
| Austin American-StatesmanCharles EalyGyllenhaal is bound to get the most attention for Demolition, as he should. It's one of his best roles. |
| National PostChris KnightThe movie is smart enough not to hit us over the head with the parallels between disassembling a machine and dissecting the soul, but it's also savvy enough not to stay mum on the subject. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordDavis begins to break things down in order to rebuild, much like the unnamed protagonist of "Fight Club"...[but] the film leans so heavily on symbolism and metaphor that Davis remains one of the metaphors he tries to write about himself. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfPowerful, but only in fragments, spending too much time on trivial matters while the rest of the feature slowly grows confused and, ultimately, pointless. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasSeems like the kind of movie that could easily grow into a cult classic once more people realize how genius it truly is. |