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Wakefield

2016

Robin Swicord

Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner, Beverly D'Angelo, Jason O'Mara ...

5.3

1,387

Drama A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months, considering a missing person for his family and the police.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Debruge Variety	"An unflinching look at conjugal rift (...) We laugh at a few of the scenarios Wakefield imagines for himself, but the movie ends before we see how his actual plan plays out"
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"What was an excellent short story has become something rather less satisfactory as a full-length feature film, but at least impressive for what an outstanding actor has brought to it."
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The film, much like the short story, excels at the details (...) but dwells on the obvious. Swicord, perhaps a touch too reverent of Doctorow’s writing, can’t quite solve the limited emotional range of her protagonist."
		Nigel M. Smith The Guardian	"Cranston acts the hell out of the role (...) Unfortunately his commitment isn’t enough to sell 'Wakefield' as anything more than a hollow character study, with an unappealing tool at its core (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"Even when winter arrives and he gets sick from the extreme cold you still don’t see where this is all going. Moreover, you don’t care (...) Wakefield is first and foremost an asshole."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Swicord has crafted an elegant, slightly spiky rumination about a universal daydream (...) [She resolves] its tricky questions about identity and community in pat ways."
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The film, scrupulously faithful to its source, is decidedly literary, but not in an especially satisfying way (...) Too mannered for realism and too thin for fable"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Bryan Cranston shines (...) Thanks to Swicord and Cranston, however, 'Wakefield' has found a shelter where its ideas can breathe and resonate (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

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