Review of Demolition (2016) by Dawdlingpoet — 22 Nov 2021

I found this a thoughtful watch - its very much a character focussed drama, with some shaky camerawork and poignant music played in the background. It is a somewhat 'deep' film, in terms of the main character trying to recover from the situation he finds himself in.

I'd usually find characters like Davis hard to feel sorry for, as he himself says he's a banker who takes the credit for ultimately ideas those below him come up with - he's hardly done bad for himself and could be accused of being a greedy so and so. However, this is very much a film about humanity, about losing your prior identity and having to stand back and analyse things, take stock and figure out where to go. As I say, its a thoughtful watch, not a film that will appeal to all but I thought it was, as deep films go, a good one. Would I recommend it? yes I would, for, if nothing else, (Jake) Gyllenhaals performance, which I felt was particularly good.