The Breaking outrageous star gives a showy performance as a businessman who leaves his job to hole himself absent and spy on wife Jennifer Garner in this grating and bizarre adaptation of EL Doctorow’s short storyBryan Cranston has a wonderfully expressive baritone tailor-made for voiceover work. Writer/director Robin Swicord capitalises on it,and mines it to unfortunately nauseating effect in Wakefield, her plodding adaptation of El Doctorow’s short story approximately a man who chooses to retreat in his attic for several months, or absent from his family.
With only himself to speak to for much of the film,Swicord has Cranston’s lead character dictate every inane thought that pops into his head. It’s a shame then he’s such terrible company. Related: Sully review: Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks turn a mile-tall miracle into middling drama Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com