Set in 1950s Montana, "Wildlife" shows and tells the drama and angst that a teenage boy, Joe, goes through, witnessing both his parents split up in his presence. His father, Jerry, loses his job. And though he was offered his job back, he refuses to take it back because he "won't work for those kind of people anymore". So instead, he takes a job fighting a forest fire, which his wife, Jeanette, is dead set against, both for safety reasons, and because she's convinced that he ... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in 1950s Montana, "Wildlife" shows and tells the drama and angst that a teenage boy, Joe, goes through, witnessing both his parents split up in his presence. His father, Jerry, loses his job. And though he was offered his job back, he refuses to take it back because he "won't work for those kind of people anymore". So instead, he takes a job fighting a forest fire, which his wife, Jeanette, is dead set against, both for safety reasons, and because she's convinced that he will be unfaithful while away. But he leaves anyway. And yet, without anything happening to him, or any evidence of hanky-panky on his part, she acts the way one would expect her to act had he perished in the fire, or if she had found out that he had been unfaithful while away. This fact causes Joe to acquire uneasy feelings toward his mother. His father does return however. But the three are no happier for it, as Jeanette has taken up with a new significant other in her life. And Jerry reacts furiously against this. The parents wind up separating as she moves to take up a teaching job in Oregon, while Joe continues to live with his father. And then, she suddenly announces that she's taking the bus to visit over the weekend. Perhaps in an odd way, this movie combines both a satisfactory and unsatisfactory ending.
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| Hot PressRoe McDermottCarey Mulligan is mesmerizing in poetic portrait of unraveling family. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein[Dano] gives his actors space so that the rhythms are their own, and they hold us through the tough final scenes and bittersweet ending. This is a superb film. |
| Daily Mirror (UK)Lewis KnightIts slow pace may not be for everyone, but Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal are perfection in this quietly tragic directorial debut from Paul Dano. |
| The Associated PressLindsey BahrWildlife isn’t just a great first film, it’s a great film. |
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyWildlife is a domestic drama both sad and terrifying. The entire cast does exceptional work (Oxenbould is an exciting find), but the movie is anchored by Mulligan, who gives the best performance of any I’ve seen in film this year. |
| Flickering MythRobert KojderBrings the life-altering pain of a family falling apart to the screen with genuine realism, building to an ending image that will linger. Wildlife is more than just an outstanding debut film from Paul Dano, it's one of the best films of the year. |
| Seven DaysRick KisonakCarrie Mulligan cinches a Best Actress Oscar nod with her dazzlingly calibrated performance as Jeanette Brinson. |
| Madison MovieRob Thomas"Wildlife" is one of the best movies of the year, and a hard one to shake. |
| Sunday Independent (Ireland)Hilary A WhiteMulligan is imperious in an excellent three-way cast, as woodwinds and setting sunlight float through the frame. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn impressive domestic drama illustrating emotional literary and the spiritual practice of impermanence. |
