Meadowland

Name: Meadowland
Genre: Drama
Released: October 16, 2015
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 67

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Cinedigm | Release Date: October 16, 2015 | R

Summary: In the hazy aftermath of an unimaginable loss, Sarah (Olivia Wilde) and Phil (Luke Wilson) come unhinged, recklessly ignoring the repercussions. Phil starts to lose sight of his morals; Sarah takes off on a potentially disastrous journey, falling deeper into her own fever dream.

Director: Reed Morano

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 105 min

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The Guardian Jordan Hoffman

Sep 22, 2015

What Meadowland refuses to do, to its great credit, is conform to expectations. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Oct 12, 2015

Both Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson understand the greatest pain of loss to be rooted in its searing inexpressibility. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Oct 22, 2015

The filmmaking is sure-handed, the performances authentic. Read full review

John DeFore

Sep 22, 2015

It is tightly in sync with protagonists who find it impossible to move on despite distractions that might be catalytic in other films. Read full review

Graham Fuller

Sep 22, 2015

Chris Rossi built Meadowland’s screenplay on short, punchy scenes, and he deserves credit for crafting moments of quotidian ordinariness... that are also charged with tension. Read full review

The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Sep 22, 2015

Atmosphere and feelings can only do so much when story, and its credible beats, seem to have fallen by the wayside. Read full review

Michael Nordine

Oct 13, 2015

The filmmakers take great pains not to stack the deck or overstate the couple's self-evident trauma, but watching the movie is ultimately like being one of their friends: You understand their pain on a conceptual level but can't feel it the way they do. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Feb 16, 2016

Despite solid performances by an excellent cast, the movie never really hits its stride. The film's basic premise -- a young married couple's attempts at coping with the disappearance of their child -- leads the protagonists to engage in an array of erratic and risky behavior, which, whenDespite solid performances by an excellent cast, the movie never really hits its stride. The film's basic premise -- a young married couple's attempts at coping with the disappearance of their child -- leads the protagonists to engage in an array of erratic and risky behavior, which, when taken collectively, verges on unbelievable if not ludicrous. Passing off a meandering narrative as sublime art just doesn't work here, no matter how good the acting and cinematography are.… Expand

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