There are three women in the Langley household: Vivien(Karen Young), the mother, is caught between a fierce independence and an almost agoraphobic attachment to home; seductive and confident Mel (Portia Reiners) is a 19 year-old mirror of her mother; Maura (Mamie Gummer), 22, is alienated, afraid and unable to pinpoint her place in the world. They live together in a seemingly close household, yet each is very much alone. The family's status quo explodes when Jeff (Jonathan Groff) walks into their comfortable yet dysfunctional world. Bright, handsome, ambitious and sure of his future at 22, he's also socially awkward and a sexual novice who's been infatuated with Mel since high school. When they begin working together at the same restaurant, he jumps at the opportunity to finally start a romance with the free-spirited girl-but Mel has other ideas about their time together.
D**K
Perfect
Perfect
E**O
Tedious.
A waste of money and I regret buying it.
L**N
Fascinating in an odd sort of way
saw this movie in a screening in which the director Jeff Lipsky was present ad discussed the movie in length afterward. It is a fascinating, left of centre far out art house movie with its own challenges. Jonathan Groff shows he is an interesting film actor with much more to offer than the rather trivial performances he gives on "Glee". He is also a very brave actor partaking in several sex scenes including a very exposing full frontal nude scene and an even more explicit scene with the older Karen Young. Its good to see a young actor fearlessly work in a movie like this and to be unafraid of what he is asked to do by the director.There was much discussion after the film about whether the director knew about Groff's being the innocent victim of a slur by a journalist who commented that gay actors cant play straight (Groff is out gay and a journo had a swipe at him during the early "Glee"episodes for his playing straight). It was a needless and ridiculous slur , Groff is a fine actor who can play gay or straight I(as he does here) very effectively. Though far from a perfect film, it's one thatis definitely worth a watch.
R**R
Four Stars
It's got Jonathan Groff full frontal, unlike HBO's Looking. 'Nuff said.
K**Y
good movie
its a good movie. i recommend this movie. Mamie Gummer is a good actress and shines as a good actress, she's the daughter of actress,Meryl Streep, both are good actress's, both are talented, both are creative, both are star's in there own way as they shine through their role's in acting from their movie's.its a good movie.
C**A
it was blacked out
basically the whole movie was just a black screen but a bit of the beginning and a bit of the end.
J**N
GROFF TRULY STARS
I rented this movie because I am a big fan of great. Jonathan Groff. He did not dissapoint.
B**R
The story is better than the quality
Bought it for a Jonathan Groff collection I have going. The story is interesting and characters engaging. It has the look of a school project.
M**R
One Star
Extremely boring.
