Rebuilding

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Rebuilding

2025

1h 35m

Drama

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A gently humanist story of the American West from Max Walker-Silverman (A Love Song), Rebuilding follows Dusty (Josh O'Connor), a reserved, divorced father whose ranch has burned down in a devastating wildfire. Now living in a trailer community on a government-run campsite, Dusty finds solace with his new neighbors who have also lost everything, quietly reassembles his life, and starts reconnecting with his ex-wife Ruby (Meghann Fahy) and young daughter Callie-Rose (Lily LaTorre). Filmed against the rapturous backdrop of southern Colorado, Rebuilding is a ruminative, moving portrait of resilience and human connection in the wake of loss.

Critics Consensus

A taciturn drama that winds up having a lot to say about community and resilience, Rebuilding reaches great heights with Josh O'Connor's terrific performance serving as its rock-solid foundation.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

3d

4/5

It’s a definitive “we the people” movie filled with gorgeous vistas, crepuscular landscapes, authentic people and a deeply moving sense of everything that’s best about the US at a time when it needs it most.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

3d

4/5

Rebuilding can have many meanings. Again, put like that it might seem trite, but director Max Walker-Silverman’s work is never less than gossamer subtle and starkly honest. O’Connor is terrific. LaTorre likewise.

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Laura Venning

Little White Lies

6d

2/5

The film’s most fundamental flaw is its inoffensive, overall unchallenging pleasantness, both in the rather generic story of Dusty bonding with his daughter and one too many shots of him staring morosely out over the Colorado mountains.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

3d

3.5/5

Anchored by a wonderfully open-handed performance by Josh O'Connor, the film is written and directed skilfully by Max Walker-Silverman to find wider resonance in earthy humour and astute observations.

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Emma Simmonds

The List

3d

4/5

It’s a film that could easily have got bogged down in sadness, but Rebuilding is more interested in the resilience of its land and its people, and in lighting a path through tough times.

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Markie Robson-Scott

The Arts Desk

4d

4/5

...the relationship between father and daughter is unforgettable, even though sentimentality does creep in during some final scenes.

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Phillip N

Dec 12

Yes, it is that good. Watch it.

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DT

Dec 7

This was a great feel good movie. Compassion for a very hard time

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Stephen T

Nov 25

such a thoughtful, beautifully constructed story about a guy just trying to get by in the face of life. great casting. as much is said in the silences as in the dialogue.

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Thomas M

Nov 21

a powerful, quiet slice of life film. Josh O'Connor gives a magnificent, nuanced performance as a rancher fallen on hard times. the cinematography and music are stella.

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Nathan

Nov 16

Beautifully shot scripted acted

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Daniel G

@DanielGodoy Apr 12

I really cared about these people who lost most of their possessions during a wildfire in a dry region of Colorado. Solidarity confronting the stark reality of the limits of FOMA and of what institutions can do for them. All that around a touching story of a Dad trying to keep his head above water and not run off to Montana, but stay close to his daughter as he figures out how to rebuild his life. A smaller production that is slow moving, filled with some silences and with some moody, therefore very appropriate, soundtrack.

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Synopsis

A gently humanist story of the American West from Max Walker-Silverman (A Love Song), Rebuilding follows Dusty (Josh O'Connor), a reserved, divorced father whose ranch has burned down in a devastating wildfire. Now living in a trailer community on a government-run campsite, Dusty finds solace with his new neighbors who have also lost everything, quietly reassembles his life, and starts reconnecting with his ex-wife Ruby (Meghann Fahy) and young daughter Callie-Rose (Lily LaTorre). Filmed against the rapturous backdrop of southern Colorado, Rebuilding is a ruminative, moving portrait of resilience and human connection in the wake of loss.

Director: Max Walker-Silverman
Producer: Jesse Hope, Dan Janvey, Paul Mezey
Screenwriter: Max Walker-Silverman
Distributor: Bleecker Street Media
Production Co: Cow Hip Films, Dead End Pictures (II), Present Company
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 35m

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