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Jean-Marc ValléeScénario:
Bryan SipePhotographie:
Yves BélangerActeurs·trices:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, Judah Lewis, Polly Draper, Debra Monk, Heather Lind, Wass Stevens, Brendan Dooling, James Colby (plus)VOD (4)
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Banquier d'affaires ayant brillamment réussi, Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal) a perdu le goût de vivre depuis que sa femme est décédée dans un tragique accident de voiture. Malgré son beau-père (Chris Cooper) qui le pousse à se ressaisir, il sombre de plus en plus. Un jour, il envoie une lettre de réclamation à une société de distributeurs automatiques, puis lui adresse d'autres courriers où il livre des souvenirs personnels. Jusqu'au moment où sa correspondance attire l'attention de Karen (Naomi Watts), la responsable du service clients. Peu à peu, une relation se noue entre eux. Entre Karen et son fils de 15 ans (Judah Lewis), Davis se reconstruit, commençant d'abord par faire table rase de sa vie passée ... (20th Century Fox FR)
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Critiques (4)
Jake Gyllenhaal once again portrayed one of the strange characters that abound in weird American dramas. I guess he is best at that. It almost makes me feel that he might be pretty weird in real life as well since he’s so incredibly adept at portraying these withdrawn people with whom you have no idea what’s going on in their heads. As far as the filmmaking craft goes, it’s a classic Jean-Marc Vallé movie. He really enjoys these non-typical yet typical dramas and he always tries to be very precise with the rawness. On top of that, he explains nothing to the viewer and he lets them think hard about the character of Jack. I kept thinking and thinking. I didn’t come up with much, but his weirdness still made me watch the movie to the end.
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A bit of an emotional hipster thing. Quirky, but funny and cheerful at times, touching here and there, and quite apt and realistic. Gyllenhaal in a role only he can do best, in an unconventional romance with Naomi Watts. It has more than enough ideas and situations to relate to.
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Original. A strange drama about relationships lacking just the straightforwardness to achieve perfection. Some of the family scenes (with the gay kid) are absolutely unnecessary. The whole idea with the demolition of one’s own and deconstruction of one’s character drags on like nothing like it. Gyllenhaal is classic, precise acting. First-class direction. Entertaining soundtrack.
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A great example of how a person needs to mess up their life, and how they need to hit rock bottom, in order to finally realize what really matters and what they should focus on in their life. Jake once again excels and delivers a great performance, where you almost don't care who else is in the film, even if it's Naomi Watts and Chris Cooper because Jake simply carries it.
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