Paul Dano (2018)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould Rated 12A Run time 104 minsA small masterpiece which is unrelentingly painful and grim. Outstanding performances, delicate direction and impressive photography contribute to a profound and moving account of a marriage falling apart and its impact on all concerned. Fourteen-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry – a housewife and a golf pro – living a seemingly idyllic life in 1960s Montana. His family’s carefully constructed façade is about to come crashing spectacularly down however, when Jerry loses his job and his sense of purpose.
94% – Rotten Tomatoes
6.9/10 – IMDB
“The cumulative effect of Dano’s writing and directing, Gyllenhaal and Mulligan’s acting and Diego García’s camera work is a beautifully tragic account of a family in demise, three people tied by relations who, in the end, don’t know each other at all.”
“A slow-burning, but searing portrait of a family and marriage in crisis.”
Review: Director Paul Dano luxuriously evokes small town woes – The Guardian