These kind of movies have become an indie cliché, except for the part about the family living in an upper-middle class neighborhood and the father being some kind of high-status white-collared employee in an advertising agency or something. But essentially, the relationships (which I am skeptical of as being written by someone who does not have teenage children) and the manner of execution right down to the dramatic sequences backed by guitar instrumental tracks, are all so clichéd. Most of the scenes seem to hardly make much sense, their purpose questionable to the overall film. And, for crying out loud, the characters take so damn long to say something, and when they do, it is still very little.
Anthony LaPaglia plays a father of two boys. His wife died in an accident five years earlier and essentially, the movie is just about his relationship with his boys as they struggle to move on...I guess. None of them really look like they're clinging to anything or having any trouble, except for the boredom of their dreary (Canadian?) small town. LaPaglia's new neighbor (played by Allison Janey, perhaps the only spotlight on this entire bore-fest) is also his soon-to-be-love interest.
These kind of independent movies have become a dime a dozen. And this one in particular is amazingly boring (thanks to the lack of realistic dialog and even less realistic relationships among nearly all of the characters in the film...do the filmmakers just assume that all of humanity is afraid to converse with itself?). Of the thousands of these kind of awkward family bonding dramas that have been produced for the indie sphere in the last two or three years alone, this one is far from anything memorable.
I just wish independent filmmakers would stop being so clichéd. Leave that to Hollywood mainstream...we look to you guys as an alternative to the crap they're producing.
Anthony LaPaglia plays a father of two boys. His wife died in an accident five years earlier and essentially, the movie is just about his relationship with his boys as they struggle to move on...I guess. None of them really look like they're clinging to anything or having any trouble, except for the boredom of their dreary (Canadian?) small town. LaPaglia's new neighbor (played by Allison Janey, perhaps the only spotlight on this entire bore-fest) is also his soon-to-be-love interest.
These kind of independent movies have become a dime a dozen. And this one in particular is amazingly boring (thanks to the lack of realistic dialog and even less realistic relationships among nearly all of the characters in the film...do the filmmakers just assume that all of humanity is afraid to converse with itself?). Of the thousands of these kind of awkward family bonding dramas that have been produced for the indie sphere in the last two or three years alone, this one is far from anything memorable.
I just wish independent filmmakers would stop being so clichéd. Leave that to Hollywood mainstream...we look to you guys as an alternative to the crap they're producing.