Exclusive: Jason Reitman’s Online Trailer For ‘Labor Day’ [Updated With Theatrical]
By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 31, 2013 9:05 am EST
In Labor Day, Kate Winslet delivers an award-worthy performance as a depressed single mother, who along with her young teenage son Henry (Gattlin Griffith) have their lives changed forever when they offer a wounded man a ride. The man (played by Josh Brolin) turns out to be an escaped convict, who takes the family hostage during Labor Day weekend. Watch the whole trailer embedded after the jump.
Update: We’ve added the theatrical trailer below, too.
The movie is very different than any of Reitman’s previous works. It’s definitely not a comedy; instead it is Reitman’s darkly twisted take on the coming of age film. It’s a more accomplished and mature film than his past works, more nuanced and quiet. The movie premiered at the Telluride Film Festival to great acclaim.
One of my favorite shots of the film is in the trailer: its a shot of Henry playing a Coleco Donkey Kong tabletop video game with a rack focus to Winslet and Brolin together on the couch. Cinematographer Eric Steelberg’s photography in this film is particularly beautiful, communicating with almost Malick-style realism, but with a more clinical yet still-elegant movement. (Notice the graceful push-ins and slow dolly shots, and also the rack focus transitions.) Jason wrote up a blurb about his collaborations with Steelberg:
Here is the exclusive online trailer for Labor Day:
Here’s the theatrical trailer:
And the poster:
