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I picked up this drama about a husband losing
his wife and finding strange ways to cope with the aftermath. It turned out to
be a rather unusual film with a lot of weirdness. I couldn’t really get a grasp
on the main character and whether he loved his wife not at all, like he
claimed, or way too much and was just not getting past the anger-stage of
grief. I constantly wondered what was going on in his head and that took me out
of the flow of the story. What he was doing seemed absolutely crazy. The strangeness of his actions turned this half-way into an arthouse
film.
Jake Gyllenhaal gave a good performance as a nutjob which felt strangely nuanced even though the character was not accessible. The other actors supported him well in his quest to find new meaning. Other than that, this was a solid piece of work, like building a no-frills home with a reliable contractor. Good work.
2/5 for arthousy vibes but a lack of clear direction.
Jake Gyllenhaal gave a good performance as a nutjob which felt strangely nuanced even though the character was not accessible. The other actors supported him well in his quest to find new meaning. Other than that, this was a solid piece of work, like building a no-frills home with a reliable contractor. Good work.
2/5 for arthousy vibes but a lack of clear direction.
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