Synopsis
Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results.
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Cast
- Sigourney WeaverSandy Travis
- Ryan DonowhoKyle Dwyer
- Emile HirschTim Travis
- Jeff DanielsBen Travis
- Michelle WilliamsPenny Travis
- Deirdre O'ConnellMarge Dwyer
- Kip PardueMatt Travis
- Jay PaulsonVern
- Terry BeaverDr. Montey
- Jen JonesSophie
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
Superbly acted. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A sharply observed tragicomedy that draws laughter as genuinely as it coaxes tears, the nicely paced film tempers its themes of loss and sorrow with a cynically witty edge and is graced by a perfectly pitched Sigourney Weaver performance. - 63
New York Daily News
In this story of suburban teenage angst, the parents are weird and often cliché to the point of incomprehension, as if seen through the prism of ... a 25-year-old. - 60
Variety
The film sways awkwardly back and forth between prickly humor and pathos, rarely ringing true in either register. - 60
Chicago Reader
The stand-up performance is still that of the mom--Sigourney Weaver, making the most of the meatiest part she's had in years - 60
The A.V. Club
It looks good. It seems to work. It occasionally coheres into a priceless moment. But in the end, the pieces don't all fit together as they should. - 60
Los Angeles Times
It would have been nice if Harris, who casts a sardonic yet compassionate eye on the Travis family, had set his sights a little higher than the typical chronicle of a dysfunctional suburban family. - 60
The New York Times
Piles too many small disasters on top of the initial tragedy, including a drunken car accident, a drug bust and a cancer scare. It also swerves unsteadily into farce.
