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  Review by Lucy ★★★★ 4

  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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  Review by k(arst)en ★★★★½ 5

  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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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 5

  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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  Review by Matt Singer ★★★½ 5

  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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  Review by ˗ˏˋ Liam ˊˎ˗ ★★★★½ 1

  that final scene ............ i'm broken

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  Review by maria ★★★½ 11

  wild how paul dano made jake gyllenhaal recite his longest YEAH BOIIII ever. their minds!

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  Review by sophie ★★★★

  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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  Review by KYK ★½ 11

  jake gyllenhaal 80 minutes into the movie: “that’s a wild life”

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  Review by anthony ★★★½ 4

  jake gyllenhaal didn't shout boy boy boy with his whole chest for you to ignore him

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  Review by andrea🌹 ★★★★½ 6

  seeing jake play catch with his son in the first five mins....... maternal instinct has joined the chat

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  Review by kailey ★★★★½ 11

  ms. carey mulligan... academy, and i cannot stress this enough, award

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  Review by nick wibert ★★★½

  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.