Demolition (2017)

Grief is different for everyone.  As are relationships.  Jake Gylenhaal’s wife is killed in a car accident, and his life unravels.  He impulsively marries a woman who he is perhaps in like with but is not completely in love with.  So the marriage has some bumps that were not completely laid to rest when she suddenly dies.  The second complication is that her parents do not like him, and he works for her father.  So his work environment is inherently linked to his personal life, and with her death, that becomes intolerable.  So how does he respond?  Very poorly.  He becomes increasingly agitated to the point where he starts to destroy things.  He loses his job.  His FIL tries to wash his hands of him, saying at one point that he wishes that his SIL had died rather than his daughter.  None of this helps him process what he is feeling.  But after taking a bulldozer to his house, he starts to move forward, and ends up coming up with a fitting memorial for his wife.  Grief comes on like a juggernaut, and the path to recovery is varied and can be equally surprising.