Ostensibly a tale of redemption this movie is basically a waste of the audience's time. Laura Linney plays a successful single mother who receives with great joy the news that her rapscallion of a brother, Mark Ruffalo, is returning home for a visit. Laura's character has stayed and prospered relatively well in the town they grew up in and Mark's character seems to have hoboed around and spent more than one night in jail. Somehow he connects with her son and apparently has an epiphany and his character changes.
OH THE HORROR! The plot was weak, the dialogue was a joke, the characters were poorly drawn to begin with and had no moments of growth.
Oh wait, I know I said Mark's character had an epiphany but it made no sense and was never explained. The movie seemed to start in the middle of nowhere and ended with no resolution at all. Mathew Brodderick had what looked to be an interesting minor role for him and then just became a waste of camera time. SKIP THIS ONE!!!!
OH THE HORROR! The plot was weak, the dialogue was a joke, the characters were poorly drawn to begin with and had no moments of growth.
Oh wait, I know I said Mark's character had an epiphany but it made no sense and was never explained. The movie seemed to start in the middle of nowhere and ended with no resolution at all. Mathew Brodderick had what looked to be an interesting minor role for him and then just became a waste of camera time. SKIP THIS ONE!!!!