Synopsis
David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.”
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Cast
- Jesse PlemonsDavid Mulcahey
- Molly ShannonJoanne Mulcahey
- Bradley WhitfordNorman Mulcahey
- Maude ApatowAlexandra Mulcahey
- Madisen BeatyRebeccah Mulcahey
- John EarlyGabe
- Zach WoodsPaul
- Josie TotahJustin
- June SquibbRuth-Anne
- Paul DooleyRonnie
Recommendations
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The Guardian
It’s Shannon who leaves the most lasting impression.... She effortlessly mines the material for all its uncomfortable laughs. - 75
The Film Stage
Kelly’s earnest, reportedly auto-biographical film has a lot of laughs and is best when it’s most deeply personal. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Kelly depicts a deep filial love that isn't dependent on complete telepathic understanding. - 70
Screen Daily
Small moment by small moment, Other People turns Kelly’s own experiences caring for his mother into something touchingly universal. - 63
Slant Magazine
The film is at its sharpest when Chris Kelly hands scenes over to his main character's family and friends. - 60
Variety
While Chris Kelly’s semi-autobiographical writing-directing debut gets off to a painfully broad start, it does intermittently find its footing as it progresses, gathering enough well-observed moments and details to counterbalance its otherwise flailing stabs at humor and pathos. - 60
Time Out
Raw, messy and unkempt (as a domestic cancer drama should be), Saturday Night Live writer Chris Kelly’s feature debut is also a woe-is-me gay rom-com, a showdown between siblings and—at its best—an out-and-proud minimusical. If that sounds like too much, it is. - 58
Consequence
The performances are so strong in Other People that they just about make up for the weak storytelling. Maybe “weak” isn’t the best definition for writer/director Chris Kelly’s debut feature film, but its structure definitely pales in comparison to all the effort given on screen.
