Deborah Ross

A cut above

This isn’t just a cut above most films about unhappy families, it’s a cut above most films, period

issue 10 November 2018

Wildlife is an adaptation of the 1990 novel by Richard Ford about a family coming apart at the seams, and while cinema is full of families coming apart at the seams this one is a cut above. It is exquisite and riveting. It pays proper attention to its characters. And it is brilliantly acted.

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