Demolition (2015)

So much average

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Demolition seems to be a rare type of film in which we are not used to seeing in Hollywood these days. The film has a more real atmosphereand feel to it where the characters aren't necessarily good people, but we do connect and rootforthe leads. Jake Gyllenhaal delivers a very sounded performance as he carries the film together. Described as a strange film, this film isn't predictable which is a good thing, as we do not know what to expect as each scene comes together. The film shifts tones on almost a scene to scene basis, and it's easy to overlook how quickly a director can lose track of these tonal shifts. But director Jean-Marc Vallée never puts a foot out of line. There isn't a single shot that feels out of place. Vallée's other gift is the David O Russell-like ability to extract great performances out of his cast, as this film like somewhat of a O'Russell film. Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the most consistently brilliant American star working right now. The fact that he has only been nominated for an Oscar once is something, but perhaps his best has yet to come.

It was really a good movie, i felt every feeling he has, how he was chocked losing his wife, even he didn't know how to be sad. despite he wasn't feel any meaning of marriage before her death, any feeling of love, rest and the meaning of exist.Jake's performance was so honest and spontaneous, the picture was so good.this movie suits who feels loss, who couldn't find themselves, it may help them.

People deal with grief in many ways, but it's hard to believe it would turn someone into a self-centered, unhinged lunatic. And if he did fall that far, it's unlikely that he would snap right back after few convenient plot turns. To Jake Gyllenhaal's credit, he *almost* makes it believable.He plays an investment banker whose wife is killed in a car accident in the first few minutes of the movie. This causes him to question the priorities in his life, alienate everyone around him, and begin to develop a fascination with taking things apart - or just straight up breaking them (ouch! someone just hit me in the head with a blunt metaphor).Through a genuinely original plot device, he starts a relationship with Naomi Watts. She's got her own baggage. Among other things, she has a very troubled teen son, whom she largely ignores, so he has plenty of time to spend with the clearly unstable man she has just welcomed into their lives. Again, Watts is a good enough actress that you kind of forget the fact her character isn't going to win mother of the year.The plot develops through a series of turns and revelations that are all just a bit to neat and contrived. It's not formulaic by any means, but there's never any doubt where it's headed.Chris Cooper turns in his usual great performance as the father of Gyllenhaal's dead wife. He also has the advantage of playing the only character who's behavior seems reasonable.All in all, the movie had a interesting and original premise, but the writer was just a little to impressed with himself.

Strange movie that could have been better. A man who loses his wife to a car accident reacts in unexpected ways. So it starts of like a quirky indie grief dramedy. He also meets a customer service rep played by Naomi Watts and they form a bond. When he starts interacting with the young son of Naomi Watts there are some funny one liners. It is quite horrific to see him demolish his beautiful home.The twist is a bit of a shock. Is the message that no point being so broken up about someone since she didn't really love him that much anyway? If so maybe there is a useful lesson.The ending could have been saved by a happier ending of some sort like the start of a real relationship with Naomi Watt's character.