Wildlife
14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry — 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.
Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal
as Jerry Brinson
Carey Mulligan
as Jeanette Brinson
Ed Oxenbould
as Joe Brinson
Zoe Colletti
as Ruth-Ann
Bill Camp
as Warren Miller
Travis W Bruyer
as Forester
Tom Huston Orr
as Mr. Cartwright
Darryl Cox
as Clarence Snow
Ginger Gilmartin
as Receptionist
Michael Gibbons
as Coach
Reviews
Stephen Campbell
**_Old-fashioned filmmaking with a progressive theme_** > _She looked at me and the expression on her face was an expression of dislike, one I hadn't seen before but knew right away. Later I would see it turned toward other people. But the first time was looking at me and was because she believed...
5rJoud
**Warning: Gyllenhaal is not the lead here** We see a boring family break apart from the perspective of the young boy. End of story. Safe to say there is no story, but there could easily have been one. Clearly the father is the most interesting character in "Wildlife". Being fired from a job that...
CinemaSerf
Ed Axenbould holds this together quite well as the teenage "Joe". His day to day life is thrown into turmoil when his father "Jerry" (Jake Gyllenhaal) gets laid off. Struggling to make ends meet with his wife "Jeanette" (Carey Mulligan) he decides to take a job some way away, a decision that leaves ...
