This movie made a few best of the year lists for 2014. It’s fine I guess. I wasn’t blown away by the writing, acting, or story. It’s certainly not bad. The story involves a brother and sister who have not seen each other in 10 years and come from a disaster of an upbringing. They meet up again and try to repair their damaged and sad lives together.
There’s a lot of suicidal scenes here that really drag you down emotionally. That’s not bad per se but I kept hoping the ending with show some kind of major triumph for the characters as they learned to deal with their circumstances and hoping overcome some of their problems. Instead, it seemed as though the characters just agreed to be “broken” together and it wasn’t very satisfying. One of the better things about this film is actually Luke Wilson’s character actually. He did a particularly great job. Everyone else was fine although I never felt they were real people, just actors acting. I’m probably sounding more down on this one than it deserves.