Who knows where his displaced emotions will take him? Who cares?

Demolition is a cinematic deconstruction of expectation and cliché, all of which results in a moving marvel of self-actualization I think I just might be in love with.

The story of a bereaved man who starts to dismantle household appliances and, later, buildings, the whole movie is a laboured metaphor: we get it, he's falling apart.

Insomuch as Jean-Marc Vallée aspires to create in the face of destruction, his film remains true to its own brand of spiritual irreverence, boldly going somewhere unpredictable and wholly exciting.