A list actors with a devilishly delivered script. What does happen when a 40 something man and woman get together only to have her 20 something son come between them?
JONAH HILL. JOHN C. REILLY and MARISA TOMEI deal with the problem. And I do mean deal with it as every aspect of just what people are feeling is delivered in dead pan earnestness.
Unpretentious and unpredictable the movie is cleaver in it's conceit and yet has so many hidden implications it makes you squirm for the poor guy who gets into something that he has no idea how to deal with.
Written and directed by the Duplass brothers, they have hit a cord that rings true. Co-dependency and the shear length of time a parent spends with a child. There is a universality that shines.
The many zooms and close ups tends to feel claustrophobic put that sometimes is tedious. But the actors always come through.
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