In the wake of a tragic and untimely death, a suburban family starts the slow slide into disintegration, their deep malaise manifesting itself in a profoundly personal crisis for each grieving member of the once-happy family. It's been three long years since Liam Lombardo died, and time has yet to heal the emotional wounds suffered by his parents and troubled younger brother. When father Jordan drifts into a dangerous cycle of depression and overeating, his boss at the car dealership threatens
to lay him off unless he makes a sale quick. Meanwhile, delusional mother Penny is convinced that she has gotten pregnant, and realizes that she has in fact entered into the early stages of menopause. His parents struggling desperately to sort out their own personal issues, son Ben can't quite figure out whether he's gay or straight despite the fixation he has on his late brother's former girlfriend - who lives across the cul-de-sac and has recently entered into a regrettable affair with a married man. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
It's a film that demands that you slow your own pulse rate and surrender to its melancholy rhythms. As with so many young Australian filmmakers, Weekes isn't interested in having his characters sparkle.
A film fuelled by emotions, this impressive debut by Christopher Weeks canvasses the heartfelt, tender, angry, frustrated and confused feelings of a family reeling by the impact of loss.
Exceptional performances from the entire cast - and a giant one from Noni Hazlehurst - help make this a riveting film, as they conjure up real characters for us who act and feel in sometimes self-destructive ways %u2013 recognizably human, recognizably us
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