Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallee
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts
The premise of this film is simple and interesting, Davis an investment banker loses his wife in an accident and the rest of the film is about him coping with it. Jake Gyllenhaal gives a brilliant performance as Davis, whose actions are almost unpredictable all the time. Soon after his wife dies, he goes to work and acts all normal. The idea of letting out physically is so strongly dealt in this film, Davis and the kid start to destroy the whole house. Before that, he even goes and works with these people who have these physical jobs of destroying walls and doors by paying them in return.
The cinematography is good, there was usage of strong warm colors throughout the film which I felt was a little out of place. A huge mention to the soundscape of the film, I think this film deserved an Oscar nomination for Best Sound Mixing but maybe since the film didn't do well they'd have ignored this. The way ambiance levels are used in this film is so good, whenever we see that he's a bit zoning out, the ambiance levels are almost down to zero and when he's coming out of it, it again cuts back to normal. The editing was also refreshing, it almost everytime cuts before we expect the scene to cut and the usage of voice over was excellent in this film.
The only thing that didn't work me is the way this premise is dealt and the ending, it wasn't emotionally satisfying and this can be because we don't see much of physical/external conflicts in the film and this film is more about his rehabilitation, which could've been interesting but somehow this film wasn't that great.
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