
The directorial debut of Sex This can be called a success — "wild life" appears quite coherent and precise work. Technically the picture is perfectly shot and delivered: a beautiful picture of idyllic (and not only) landscapes, gently lyrical music, good acting. Synopsis throw dust in the eyes, promising "a poignant love story of Jerry and Jeanette" — is not so. A movie about how their son Joe is forced to watch the crumbling relationship of his parents — upcoming divorce through a child's eyes. And here a substantial part of the "Wild life" is a fairly mixed feelings.
The mid-twentieth century. The story of the pursuit of ambitions at the time of the raging crisis — family and age — is predominantly American (slip she and literature classics — description of the childhood of Bukowski that is). Alas, work This in this plan does not offer anything new, but and the existing scene is also very much not cling. The thing that it is very difficult to empathize with the mumble father and flighty mother. Let me explain. The parents of the main character is extremely self-centered individuals, on and not really clinging to marriage. Yes, the father goes to put out fires with risk of life (omit the obvious symbolism of a burning marriage, sung in most of the reviews), but it looks much like escape lack of money and cracked pride, so as past work it was fired (although almost immediately called back). Yes, mother is looking for work by all means, but after the departure of her husband very easily blurs, hitting on old ambitions, plus and time is ticking, and probably because it is doing what makes (a very unpleasant sight). "He left, and that will me?" — hysterically asks Jeanette, stressing that not very worried about that will be "with us" how would have usually said a normal mother, identifying himself with the family, child.
Their immaturity, foolishness by mid-irritating, as if they are motivated not need family or economic well-being, and kind of boring. Here and it turns out that that's the only sane and sensible character is their son — Joe. No wonder with parents like that grow up quickly: he and folder from the fire will extinguish and mother of stupid siege, and the toilet repaired, and get a job. In the scene where Joe returns home from the police station, I wanted to the questions of parents, where he was, he simply sent. But he does, because Joe — the only the whole Trinity, who is held a family who loves neither for something, but just like that. It seems that this was This promise. In the end, when mom and dad have a phrase in the spirit of "I think I have wasted on you all this time", you see this boy is the result of this "wonder" — him. And sincerely sorry for him, because Joe helpless in the position of the child, although at times smarter than their idiot parents (excellent acting of ed Oxenbould).
By the way, about the game. Jake Gyllenhaal appears minutes to twenty, but very soulful playing, and gives a master class on the game with his eyes. Carey Mulligan I hated with the time of "the Great Gatsby" (though Daisy and the book was quite irritable), but now ready to take all your bad words back.
The nearest neighbors of "Wild life" in the segment of family drama can be called the infamous "Road of changes" and"Fireflies in the garden". However, they look more convincing, and it's not direction and the force of history, so after you don't say "well, OK" and continue to go about their business. Plus the entire film is not feeling that we went to room for the middle, so quickly after the dismissal of husband's action went: the first ten minutes, my wife very smartly and optimistic, I supported him, when he went away, if he died, and began in all serious. Yeah and exposure to drive too, not could use, so as the ambition of the parents are born after the fact of the words of "but before I was/were".
"Wild life" — a movie about the family, your place in her about the bug adults and the Board of children for them.
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