Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal as Daivs
Naomi Watts as Karen
Judah Lewis as Chris
Directed By: Jean- Marc Vallee
Written By: Bryan Sipe
Davis, a very successful investment banker, is at a very strange crossroads in his life. He He thought that he had everything until the very unexpected loss of his wife. Everyone around him is taking the news as expected, crying, sorrow, grief, not Davis. Davis is left wandering if he ever felt anything for his wife, truly fee something, because he can't even fake tears for his departed wife. However, through the misinterpreted advise from his father-in-law, he starts to undo anything he can to see how it works. Reasoning behind this is because he wife always told him he never pays attention. He takes apart everything he can gets his hand on, his computer, a light fixture, anything just to get some perceptive on how it works. When he starts taking apart his entire home (literally) he discovers just how much he has paid attention to his marriage.
This movies stays with you in a way you can't describe. It's weird but realistic. The whole movies is of him dealing with the feelings of loosing his wife. It's question his whole life, his job, his marriage and so on. Did he really have feelings for the woman and take it for granted, or did he just convenience himself that he did? I love the first shot where the camera is on him while his wafe talks. It shows just how much he is in his own world. It's about seeing if he feels anything at all of if he too far out of touch with himself to know his own true feelings. Through this process he meets new people that he grows to have feelings for while helping them figure who they are as well.
No comments:
Post a Comment