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Aug 2, 2022 · Plot Summary. Howard Wakefield is far from having a perfect life. But he has something most would crave—he’s “well-settled.”. And yet, after chasing a raccoon to his garage’s attic one day, he develops a strange kind of marital delinquency. With his wife’s bedroom in direct sight from the attic window, he watches his family from a ...
- Decision Without Reason
- Indecision Leads to Decision
- Decision Leads Wakefield Home
"Wakefield" begins with a recap of a story featured in a newspaper or magazine about a London man who after 10 years of marriage sets out on a journey one day and does not return for 20 years. The narrator refers to this man as Wakefield. The narrator then recreates the details of what might have happened during this time and what leads to Wakefiel...
Wakefield is curious about how his wife endures without him and how his world is affected by his absence. The narrator observes that "A morbid vanity, therefore, lies nearest the bottom of the affair." Wakefield is a broken man who feels so strongly that he or his wife is better off without him. However, his decision to leave is not stronger than h...
Wakefield finds himself wandering the streets of London on a cold and rainy autumn evening and pauses near his home. As he looks into the house, he sees light from a fire in an upstairs room and notices his wife's shadow. He is cold, wet, and shivering. Wakefield knows he can go inside and warm himself by the fire. Wakefield instantly decides to qu...
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It’s hard to like Howard Wakefield (Bryan Cranston), the character that Wakefield is named after, and to writer/director Robin Swicord’s credit, she doesn’t make us try. Howard – a successful attorney at a high-profile firm in the city who owns a beautiful house in the suburbs and has a wife and two children – decides one day to ...
Wakefield is a 2016 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Robin Swicord and starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner. It is based on the 2008 short story of the same name by E. L. Doctorow [2] published in The New Yorker , which was in turn inspired by the 1835 story of the same title by Nathaniel Hawthorne .
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Sep 5, 2023 · Last Updated September 5, 2023. In "Wakefield," a middle-aged man who has both a "quiet selfishness" and "a peculiar sort of vanity" leaves his wife for twenty years, living one street away so ...
May 19, 2017 · Wakefield begins with the vibe of a typical “middle-aged man in crisis” drama. Howard Wakefield (Bryan Cranston) trudges home to the New York City suburbs on a commuter train, returning from ...
Howard Wakefield, a New York City lawyer, hides out in the attic of his home for weeks, coming out in the daytime when his family is gone to shower and eat. His withdrawal leads him to examine his life, and he rationalizes that he has not abandoned his family because he is still in the house. When a former boyfriend re-enters his wife's life ...
