WILDLIFE:
1 hour 45 minutes
Friday, December 7 – 7 pm /
Saturday, December 8 – 4 pm & 7:30 pm /
Sunday, December 9 – 4 pm & 7:30 pm /
Wednesday, December 12 – 7 pm /
Thursday, December 13 – 7 pm.
14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette (Carey Mulligan) and Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal) – a housewife and a golf pro – in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job – and his sense of purpose – he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother’s struggle as she tries to keep her head above water.
Insider’s tip: “This is an accomplished, moving piece of filmmaking, one that cares about its characters and trusts its performers. It comes from a relatively old school of dramatic storytelling but it connects emotionally because of Dano’s tender but confident work and what he’s able to draw from two of the best performers of their generation” (Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com). Peter Travers, Rolling Stone, adds: “In a beautifully nuanced directing debut, actor Paul Dano mines the smallest details in Richard Ford’s acclaimed 1990 novel — he and his partner Zoe Kazan wrote the emotionally-attuned script — to create a portrait of a woman who can’t quite catch up with the frustration and feminist stirrings she feels inside.”
WILDLIFE has 2 wins and 14 additional nominations for excellence.