OPENS FEBRUARY 21, CERT 15, 117 MINS Troubled young man dujour Jake Gyllenhaal again excels in this finely-wrought tragi-comedy. His largely reactive role's similar to that played by Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, and, in a neat touch, Hoffman plays his father figure here. Set in New England in t...
OPENS FEBRUARY 21, CERT 15, 117 MINS
Troubled young man dujour Jake Gyllenhaal again excels in this finely-wrought tragi-comedy. His largely reactive role’s similar to that played by Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, and, in a neat touch, Hoffman plays his father figure here.
Set in New England in the ’70s, and taking its title from a Stones song (the soundtrack features Dylan, Van, Bowie et al), Brad Silberling’s film has the feel of a more rock’n’roll Ordinary People or The Ice Storm. Joe (Gyllenhaal)’s fianc