Bryan cranston gives the performance of a lifetime as howard wakefield a lawyer on the edge of madness who has decided to disassociate himself from his own life.
Bryan cranston attic movie.
Wakefield is a 2016 american comedy drama film written and directed by robin swicord and starring bryan cranston and jennifer garner.
Successful and wealthy litigator howard wakefield bryan cranston suffers a nervous breakdown and decides to hide out in the family attic for several months.
It is based on the short story of same name by e.
Hidden in the attic of his carriage house garage surviving by scavenging at night howard secretly observes the lives of his wife jennifer garner and children and neighbors.
Directed by robin swicord.
The full cast includes jennifer garner.
The film had its world premiere at the telluride film festival on september 2 2016 and was released in the united states on may 19 2017.
Writer director robin swicord capitalises on it and mines it to unfortunately nauseating effect in wakefield.
Doctorow which was in turn inspired by the 1835 story of the same title by nathaniel hawthorne.
In the case of this movie itself based on a short story by poe s contemporary nathaniel hawthorne the wackadoodle protagonist is howard wakefield bryan cranston a manhattan lawyer who.
A man bryan cranston inexplicably abandons his family moving into the family attic and spying on them from afar.
Once he s set up camp in the garage attic he becomes curious about their reaction to his disappearance curious about the people diane consults with her mother the widow babs as wakefield refers to her and a younger handsomer colleague of wakefield s are among them.
With bryan cranston jennifer garner victoria bruno ellery sprayberry.
Bryan cranston stars as a new york city lawyer living in the suburbs who has a nervous breakdown and decides to leave his family and hide out in his attic.
Wakefield trailer 2017 official movie trailer in hd starring bryan cranston jennifer garner ian anthony dale directed by robin swicord a man s nervous breakdown causes him to leave his.
Wakefield is a movie that would never work were it not for bryan.