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Jean-Marc ValléeScenario:
Bryan SipeCamera:
Yves BélangerActeurs:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, Polly Draper, Debra Monk, Heather Lind, Wass Stevens, Brendan Dooling, James Colby, Madison Arnold (meer)Streaming (1)
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Davis Mitchell is een succesvol zakenman die op een nacht op de spoedafdeling van het ziekenhuis belandt nadat hij net een autocrash heeft overleefd. Daar krijgt hij het aan de stok met een haperende snoepautomaat en Davis besluit een uitvoerige, en erg persoonlijke, klachtenbrief naar de fabrikant te sturen. Zijn brief komt terecht bij de knappe Karen Moreno die op de klantenservice werkt. Gefascineerd door zijn verhaal begint Karen te antwoorden op zijn brieven: het begin van een uitzonderlijke band. Met hulp van Karen en haar zoon, en flink wat sloopwerk, begint Davis pas echt te leven. Want je kunt pas iets opnieuw opbouwen nadat je het helemaal gesloopt hebt. (The Searchers)
(meer)Recensie (4)
Jake Gyllenhaal once again portrayed one of the strange characters that abound in weird American dramas. I guess he is best at that. It almost makes me feel that he might be pretty weird in real life as well since he’s so incredibly adept at portraying these withdrawn people with whom you have no idea what’s going on in their heads. As far as the filmmaking craft goes, it’s a classic Jean-Marc Vallé movie. He really enjoys these non-typical yet typical dramas and he always tries to be very precise with the rawness. On top of that, he explains nothing to the viewer and he lets them think hard about the character of Jack. I kept thinking and thinking. I didn’t come up with much, but his weirdness still made me watch the movie to the end.
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Original. A strange drama about relationships lacking just the straightforwardness to achieve perfection. Some of the family scenes (with the gay kid) are absolutely unnecessary. The whole idea with the demolition of one’s own and deconstruction of one’s character drags on like nothing like it. Gyllenhaal is classic, precise acting. First-class direction. Entertaining soundtrack.
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A bit of an emotional hipster thing. Quirky, but funny and cheerful at times, touching here and there, and quite apt and realistic. Gyllenhaal in a role only he can do best, in an unconventional romance with Naomi Watts. It has more than enough ideas and situations to relate to.
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A great example of how a person needs to mess up their life, and how they need to hit rock bottom, in order to finally realize what really matters and what they should focus on in their life. Jake once again excels and delivers a great performance, where you almost don't care who else is in the film, even if it's Naomi Watts and Chris Cooper because Jake simply carries it.
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