Demolition Page #4

Synopsis: Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father-in-law, Phil (Chris Cooper), to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel. What starts as a complaint letter to a vending machine company turns into a series of letters revealing startling personal admissions. Davis' letters catch the attention of customer service rep, Karen (Naomi Watts), and, amidst emotional and financial burdens of her own, the two form an unlikely connection. With the help of Karen and her son Chris (Judah Lewis), Davis starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Jean-Marc Vallée
Production: Fox Searchlight
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
R
Year:
2015
101 min
$1,656,098
Website
4,905 Views


"if you wanna

fix something..."

You have to take

everything apart...

"...and figure out

what's important."

What'll make you stronger.

Repairing the human heart

is like repairing an automobile.

Just examine everything.

Then you can put it

all back together.

Put it all back together...

Hmm.

Hello?

Hello.

Mr. Davis Mitchell?

Yes?

This is Karen Moreno

from champion vending company.

I'm with customer service.

Yeah?

I'm calling in regards

to your complaint letters,

mister Mitchell.

There's been four so far.

You're with the customer

service department?

Yes, sir. I am the customer

service department.

It's just me.

Do you usually make service

calls at 2:
00 in the morning?

No. Not really. Never.

I... I apologize

for the inconvenience.

I was just venting.

I didn't expect anybody

to read them. Sorry if...

Your letters made me cry,

mister Mitchell.

Do you have anyone to talk to?

I... I'm gonna submit your

claim to management.

In the meantime is

there something else

I can do for you,

mister Mitchell?

Wait, wait. Karen Moreno,

that's your name?

This is weird. I...

I shouldn't have called.

I... I'm going to contact you

at a more reasonable hour.

I'm sorry again,

mister Mitchell.

This is so unprofessional.

Customer service

is a profession?

Some people

wallow through their grief.

My wife, she cooks.

This is delicious, Margot,

what is it?

Did Julia tell you

what we were fighting about?

I bought her these bath towels

and she didn't like 'em,

so she took 'em back

without telling me.

And we hadn't spoken

for three days.

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

Hi, Karen.

How did you know it was me?

I have you programmed

into my phone.

Oh, I see. I'm not sure

how I feel about that.

There's something else

I wanted to bring

to your attention

regarding your claim.

Okay.

During our previous

conversation,

you implied that my job

wasn't a profession.

Oh, well... I'm sorry,

I didn't mean it as an insult.

I know. But it made me think,

and I concluded that

you might be right.

God bless con ed.

And there was light!

Yeah. I've gotta go.

Thank you for dinner.

Really?

"Moreno" means brown

in Spanish, did you know that?

Yes, I did, of course.

Do you have brown hair?

No, it's blonde.

Are you of Spanish descent?

No. Why do you ask?

I'm just trying

to paint a mental picture.

Excuse me, is Karen Moreno here?

Who?

Blonde hair, Hazel eyes,

but not Hispanic like

her name suggests?

Hi, where are you?

I was there, in the diner.

I sat in a booth

for a few minutes.

I even played a song

on the little baby jukebox,

and then...

I dunno, I got sad, so I left.

Oh.

What song did you play?

Crazy on you, by heart.

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