Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 04/26/2002(USA
Release Date: 02/11/2003
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: First Look Pictures
Television commercial director
Christine Jeffs makes her feature debut with this intense family drama about the collapse of a marriage and the dissolution of a mother-daughter relationship. Thirteen-year-old
Janey (
Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki) and her younger brother
Jim (
Aaron Murphy) are largely left alone in their seaside bungalow as their parents try to piece their marriage back together. While
Janey's mom
Kate (
Sarah Peirse) gets blind drunk, flirts with other men, and nurses hangovers, her father
Ed recoils in disgust at his wife's dissolute behavior. The family's simmering tensions explode with the appearance of
Cady, a rakish freelance photographer. While
Kate immediately starts to flirt with the younger man,
Janey herself is attracted to him, believing that he is her only ticket out of her dysfunctional family. Soon
Kate and
Janey find themselves locked in a desperate and despairing battle for
Cady. This film was screened at the
2001 Toronto Film Festival.
~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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