Teenaged son Tim views his life as a bad dream. His father Ben tunes out and treats his wife and children like strangers. His mother Sandy sharpens her tongue with sarcasm and dulls her senses with pot while struggling to conceal a secret that threatens to ruin them all... Read more
| Starring | Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels, Deidre O'Connell |
|---|---|
| Director | Daniel Harris |
| Genres | Drama |
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Teenaged son Tim views his life as a bad dream. His father Ben tunes out and treats his wife and children like strangers. His mother Sandy sharpens her tongue with sarcasm and dulls her senses with pot while struggling to conceal a secret that threatens to ruin them all...
| Starring | Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels, Deidre O'Connell, Kip Pardue, Ryan Donowho, Michelle Williams, Suzanne Santo |
|---|---|
| Director | Daniel Harris |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 47 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, German, Hindi, Italian, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 15 May 2006 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
A sensitive but not always convincing study of the personalities involved in a dysfunctional family whose tragedy is their inability to be honest with one another when it matters.
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As usual, Sigourney Weaver gives a very convincing and entertaining performance in this intelligent drama.
This is a portrait of a family in quiet disarray, living with a tragic recent event and trying to overcome past problems.
It can seem like it is aimless at times, but is always watchable. The payoff is in the last 30 minutes or so, which completes the film in a satisfying way.
If you like an intelligent drama with good performances and concvincing characters then this is worth a watch.
There are plenty of shoddily made dramas that really ARE tedious - but this isn't one of them!
What a shame - love Sigourney and (from what I managed to stick with during the film) she was great in this. But it was a poor man's Ordinary People and I ended up switching off after 40 minutes or so and flicking to the end. It was all a little bit obvoius and dull.
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