“Wildlife” – “Do you know what they call trees in a forest fire? Fuel. Do you know what they call the trees when the fire goes by? The standing dead.” – Jeanette Brinson (Carey Mulligan) Jeanette (Mulligan) and Jerry Brinson (Jake Gyllenhaal) and their teenage son Joe (Ed Oxenbould) look like an all-American family during a Montana autumn in 1960. Jerry and Ed toss the football around in front of their modest home, while Jeanette has dinner waiting for them. Both parents show affection to each other, encourage Joe with…
Mulligan and Gyllenhaal shine in Dano’s ‘Wildlife’
