Wakefield 2016/2017 by AverageMansReviews

Wakefield 2016/2017 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/bodily function

Storyline/Characters/Performances/Comedy: now at one point or another all these components go hand-in-hand. The storyline focuses on Howard Wakefield/Cranston as he decides to take a break from his life and go and live in his garage which is next to his house with his wife and two daughters living there. But they are unaware of this to them and to the rest of his network he is presumed missing, possibly dead based on how long he stays away; but he is watching them through these binoculars through this window of this garage as he decides to live a homeless life style and goes on this journey of self-discovery.

Unfortunately this project loses so many marks on the ending style of this film; without giving too much away it ends on a colossal question-mark of from an overview perspective of what happened next? I could see it coming, I said it to the person I was watching this film with; something to the effect of I bet we don't find out what happens next? The person agreed with me.

I still found it incredibly annoying, because throughout this film we have narration from Howard Wakefield/Cranston, discussing things with us or himself and playing these mental images over in his head of how things could go which a very small amount are designed to be comical and not forgetting this film roughly goes on for 106 minutes and the pacing makes this film feel much longer than what it is; this isn't on Cranston [I will discuss him later.] But it is what it is I wanted to see a rounder ending in a word "Satisfying." But in fairness and balance may be as we the viewers have been through this journey with Howard Wakefield/Cranston and consequently his family, maybe it is up to us the viewers to fill in the missing gap are they going to be happy to see him? Are they going to reject him? Are they going to be angry if he tells them the truth? Or possibly another possibility will come to light [I am trying not to give too much of the film away,] but I think you get my point. But now I have been fair, I can still tell you I want or wanted a better payoff that is for sure and whilst I'm thinking about it there isn't much of a police investigation to find Howard Wakefield/Cranston [I know if they did this; this would be much of a film and on top of that we don't know how much time has past through this whole experience; Is it like six months or more?] .

Moving on; this is a master class of a performance from Bryan Cranston as Howard Wakefield; as he spends like roughly 88% of this film on his own or at minimum keeping himself to himself so it is very much down to him if this film succeeds or fails, so as Howard Wakefield, he is a devious unlikable character, we the viewers understand he learns from this experience as I have already indicated, but because of the question-mark ending style, we never really get to see him deal with the repercussions and show more remorse for not only this situation but other situations or anything like this. From an overview perspective the other characters, performances and on-screen chemistry with or without Howard Wakefield/Cranston is good.

There are some great comical moments where Howard Wakefield/Cranston is doing some voices to go with these scenes or voices to go over other conversations going on potentially somewhere else [quick description; you know when a comedian has been given footage and what they have to do is make voices and conversations to fit what could be being said it is like that.]

Art: this ranges from scenes looking eye-catching for one example the moon at night or Howard Wakefield/Cranston singing a little or a little bit of Diana Wakefield's ballet class [portrayed by Jennifer Garner.]

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; it was going to get given full marks, but as I have made it very clear the closing question mark style ending just really annoyed me, I am just wondering if this film should be turned into a theatre play; with the ending of this film the way it is; in hindsight it feels much better suited for an onstage play instead. This film has either Won an Award or has been Nominated for another Award; Won Hamptons International Film Festival 2016; Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award; Robin Swicord. Nominated California on Location Awards 2016; COLA Location Professional of the Year - Independent Feature Film Dan Cooley Mockingbird Pictures, but strangely no Awards for Bryan Cranston's performance as Howard Wakefield which is just wrong. The only last thing I can really say is; if there are any fans of Bryan Cranston out there in Internet land take a look at this film.