Demolition 2015

Demolition 2015
R | 1h 41min | Comedy , Drama | 8 April 2016 (USA)
Storyline
Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father-in-law, Phil (Chris Cooper), to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel. What starts as a complaint letter to a vending machine company turns into a series of letters revealing startling personal admissions. Davis' letters catch the attention of customer service rep, Karen (Naomi Watts), and, amidst emotional and financial burdens of her own, the two form an unlikely connection. With the help of Karen and her son Chris (Judah Lewis), Davis starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew.
User review:
i started to watch the film first to make sure the transferred copy worked and was good quality…and from the first inner-monologue i was sucked in and felt like i could feel gylenhall's words. the writing was superb; the narration through letters intimated the complicated-but-not-really emotions in perfectly nuanced honesty, reflection and randomness. i know JG is extremely talented; he inhabits his characters completely, and i agree with the other user that his profound portrayal of grief, met with small wells of fear and pools of memory cut sharply into the reserved, shallow, slightly sociopathic surface of a man woken from a numbing sleep. his demolition is internal – another metaphor, as he so accurately states – a catharsis that unlocks a beautiful, disturbed, painfully real (and excellently shot) road to recovery and down memory lane. the young actor was a really good match, giving the story both a little humanity and arrogance of youth – which topped off the film at the perfect moments.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Writer: Bryan Sipe (screenplay)
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper