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Rebuilding

Rebuilding

Drama · 2025

After wildfires take his ranch, a cowboy named Dusty winds up in a FEMA camp, finding community with others who lost homes, including his daughter and ex-wife.

Movie details

Rebuilding

2025 Drama 1h 36m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

After wildfires take his ranch, a cowboy named Dusty winds up in a FEMA camp, finding community with others who lost homes, including his daughter and ex-wife.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Rebuilding?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Max Walker-Silverman

Written by

Max Walker-Silverman

Josh O'Connor

Josh O'Connor

Dusty

Meghann Fahy

Meghann Fahy

Ruby

Lily LaTorre

Lily LaTorre

Callie Rose

Kali Reis

Kali Reis

Mila

Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Bess

Jefferson Mays

Jefferson Mays

Mr. Cassidy

N

Nancy Morlan

Gertie

Court is in session

Put Rebuilding on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.