One year after the abduction of their son, a policeman, David, and his wife, Sarah, continue to fall into a vortex of guilt and despair. David, a New York City policeman, attempts a more traditional form of healing, only to lose his moral compass. Sarah goes down an unexpected path towards acceptance as she places herself in increasingly dangerous situations.
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March 06, 2016
A solid effort.
October 16, 2015
A film with two very strong central performances from a pair of underrated actors that falters by being so self-aware of the tortured existence it's attempting to capture.
October 16, 2015
Reed Morano, an accomplished cinematographer making her directorial debut, does a fine job hewing to her uncoiling characters like a shroud, and her actors are up to the task.
October 29, 2015
The filmmaking is sure-handed, the performances authentic.
October 15, 2015
The setup is a scriptwriting gimme - if your central couple lose a child, practically any subsequent behavior is justifiable - but the actors sell what they're given quite effectively.
October 24, 2015
Meadowland features Olivia Wilde's most mesmerizing performance to date, but is too overwrought to be truly memorable.
October 15, 2015
Despite some pitfalls, Meadowland is a compelling look at how a married couple handles the disappearance of their young son.
October 29, 2015
"Meadowland" is raw and almost unbearable, but its quest to understand the stages of grief is powerfully rendered with a great degree of authenticity.
February 23, 2016
As we dive deeper into the abyss of loss, the story strays from its grounded realism and becomes too contrived to fully convey its intended emotion.
October 12, 2015
Both Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson understand the greatest pain of loss to be rooted in its searing inexpressibility.
October 22, 2015
Wilson and Wilde have a light touch that makes them perfect for the comedies they often make. Here, Morano leads them to much darker places, and they plunge right in.
October 13, 2015
The leads make unbearable pain bearable to watch - Wilson is the sympathetic everyman once again, while Wilde displays depths of feeling she's rarely gotten the chance to exhibit before.

