Rebuilding (2025)
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- Synopsis:
- After losing the old family ranch to a wildfire, a cowboy, Dusty (Josh O'Connor), winds up in a small Fema camp in the vast American West. The last of a long line of ranchers, he's stranded between the legacy of his land and the changes to it. But he begins to reconnect with his young daughter, Callie Rose (Lily LaTorre), and his ex wife, Ruby (Meghann Fahy), and ultimately the neighborhood around him that he never chose-a world of people who all lost their houses like he did. Together they find an unlikely community-and maybe even hope, beauty, and a future in this wild place.
- Actors:
- Josh O'Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Eli Malouff, Amy Madigan, Kali Reis, Zeilyanna Martinez, Taresa Ott Beiriger, Dwight Mondragon, David Bright, Nancy Morlan, Kathy Rose, Jeanine London, Binky Griptite, Christopher Young, Sam Engbring, Jefferson Mays, Jules Reid
- Directors:
- Max Walker-Silverman
- Producers:
- Jesse Hope, Dan Janvey, Paul Mezey
- Writers:
- Max Walker-Silverman
- Aka:
- Reconstrução
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Drama
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Reviews (1) of Rebuilding
The Limits of Lovely - Rebuilding review by griggs
Reed Walker-Silverman’s second film, after A Love Song, follows Dusty Fraser, a Colorado rancher trying to rebuild after wildfire wipes out his home and livelihood. At its best, Rebuilding notices the right things: a beer by the fire, glow-in-the-dark stars on a trailer wall, the small acts of care that keep people going when everything else has fallen away. The score is spare, the skies are lovely, and the film has a real feel for the quiet routines of simply getting through the day.
The trouble is that it never quite becomes more than that. Josh O’Connor is watchable enough, but the performance feels oddly easy, more charm than character, and his accent slips often enough to pull you out of it. Lily LaTorre leaves more of a mark, while Amy Madigan gets one brief scene that does in seconds what the rest of the film spends too long circling.
Walker-Silverman is clearly a humane filmmaker, and something decent and caring sits at the centre of this. But decent and caring only get you so far. Too often Rebuilding mistakes gentleness for depth. Nicely made, well meant, and ultimately a bit too slight.