Mark Booth
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I'm dying to see 'Wakefield' but it's not playing near me. Plot summary (from RT):
In Robin Swicord's adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's short story, successful suburbanite commuter Howard Wakefield (Bryan Cranston) takes a perverse detour from family life: He vanishes without a trace. Hidden in the attic of his carriage house garage, surviving by scavenging at night, Howard secretly observes the lives of his wife (Jennifer Garner) and children and neighbors. WAKEFIELD becomes a fraught meditation on marriage and identity, as Howard slowly realizes that he has not in fact left his family, he has left himself.
Trailer:
RT: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wakefield
With only 25 critics weighing in it currently has an 80% critic score. 2,707 audience members have it at 72%.
The entire premise is fascinating to me. I hope our local art house theater gets it. Or, that I can rent it sooner rather than later.
Edit: I just checked with our local art house and they are getting it for one week only starting on June 16. Yeah!
Mark
In Robin Swicord's adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's short story, successful suburbanite commuter Howard Wakefield (Bryan Cranston) takes a perverse detour from family life: He vanishes without a trace. Hidden in the attic of his carriage house garage, surviving by scavenging at night, Howard secretly observes the lives of his wife (Jennifer Garner) and children and neighbors. WAKEFIELD becomes a fraught meditation on marriage and identity, as Howard slowly realizes that he has not in fact left his family, he has left himself.
Trailer:
RT: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wakefield
With only 25 critics weighing in it currently has an 80% critic score. 2,707 audience members have it at 72%.
The entire premise is fascinating to me. I hope our local art house theater gets it. Or, that I can rent it sooner rather than later.
Edit: I just checked with our local art house and they are getting it for one week only starting on June 16. Yeah!
Mark
