Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy are the best things about this overwrought domestic drama, for once set in a rural rather than urban location. They play David and Dawn, newlyweds whose quiet life of house renovation, choir practice and trying for a baby is undermined by the arrival of David’s estranged, emotional army vet brother, Nick (Evans). What follows is a hodge-podge of sibling secrets (who did push the mother down the stairs?), marital tensions, knee-tremblers and breakdowns in fields, but debut director D. R. Hood has a good eye and ear for drawing out the disquiet in country images, and Foy and Cumberbatch make you care as the fissures in their relationship begin to appear.
Wreckers Review
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Recently married couple David (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Dawn (Claire Foy) move back to David's childhood home to start a family. The stresses of trying to start a family is cranked a notch when his brother Nick (Shaun Evans), a soldier on leave from Afghanistan, comes to stay, bringing long-buried secrets with him.
Release Date:
16 Dec 2011
Running Time:
85 minutes
Certificate:
15
Original Title:
Wreckers
While the drama occasionally overheats, strong turns from the two leads keep us invested in the characters.
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