FILM: Wildlife

(USA, 2018, 105 mins, color, PG-13) 

Directed by Paul Dano; starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan and Ed Oxenbould 

Fourteen-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. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother's struggle as she tries to keep her head above water. (Based on a novel by Pulitzer Award winning author Richard Ford) - RottenTomatoes.com 

“Wildlife is the kind of movie whose low-key hush could get lost in all the buzz over the big-name, holiday-season releases. Sometimes, though, it's the quiet ones who make the most noise.” Cary Darling, Houston Chronicle, 11/14/18