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By Philip Kemp (186) for Total Film (3,532) on 02 Jan 2017

An offbeat, disruptive treatment of grief, shot through with flashes of manic humour, and played to the hilt by Jake Gyllenhaal at the top…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Movie Habit (892) on 12 Dec 2016

Although the movie deals with important issues surrounding the devastations of grief, it strains for metaphorical significance at nearly every…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 28 Nov 2016

Considering—and in spite of—the talent involved, Demolition is strikingly misguided…

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By Piers Marchant (131) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 15 Nov 2016

You can appreciate the care with which director Jean-Marc Vallee has crafted the film, and the committed emotional constriction of Gyllenhaal…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 10 Aug 2016

Demolition is a cinematic deconstruction of expectation and cliché, all of which results in a moving marvel of self-actualization I think…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 24 Jul 2016

A scene of emotional redemption, involving a dilapidated carousel being remodelled, may be the most cloying screen sequence in the year to date…

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By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 21 Jul 2016

There are genuine, moving moments and some hilarious ones but overall it tries too hard to put a new spin on an age-old topic…

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By Liam Maguren (146) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 20 Jul 2016

Prevents an entertainingly intriguing character study from being engrossingly fascinating…

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By Vicky Roach (269) for Daily Telegraph (Australia) (376) on 19 Jul 2016

Gyllenhaal is terrific as Davis, a role that requires him to control his emotions until they threaten to pop, and then incrementally, imperceptibly…

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By Harry Guerin (318) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 19 Jul 2016

A flawed yet deeply moving meditation on grief from Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Adelaide Review (243) on 19 Jul 2016

[Gyllenhaal's] performance in Demolition is among his best, rawest and most frighteningly real…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 13 Jul 2016

Not for everyone, but will mean a lot for those who can stay on the same select frequency of feeling as its star throughout…

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By Travis Johnson (154) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 12 Jul 2016

Demolition is an incredibly humane film. It does not judge its characters, and it refuses to have villains…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for It's Just Movies (121) on 11 Jul 2016

Jake Gyllenhaal shines but there is not a lot more to this journey into home grown psychotherapy…

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By Tara Thorne (211) for The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (715) on 10 Jul 2016

Gyllenhaal, Watts and the astonishing young actor Judah Lewis as Karen's son put in layered, sensitive performances, with Vallée offering…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 30 Jun 2016

Only about halfway successful, this quirky drama has fine performances and many moments of appealing sweetness, but it also suffers from ill-fitting…

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By Javier Ocaña (196) for El Pais (Spain) (511) on 29 Jun 2016

Driven by Gyllenhaal's magnificent performance, this is a hilarious film about a terrible subject. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Chus Pérez Girón (12) for Espinof (390) on 26 Jun 2016

Jake Gyllenhaal proves he can take on any type of role. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Tom Clift (226) for Junkee (216) on 23 Jun 2016

Demolition unfolds with all the narrative and intellectual nuance of a bulldozer being driven through a house…

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By Irene Crespo (54) for Cinemanía (Spain) (558) on 22 Jun 2016

Vallée is as pretentious as ever, but he manages to get one of Gyllenhaal's most natural performances ever. [Full review in Spanish]…

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