An awkward amalgam of road movie, buddy comedy and melodramatic conventions, first-time writer-director Jordan Roberts' male weepie ricochets between affecting scenes and insufferably maudlin ones. Uptight, low-level banker Jason (Josh Lucas) shares a rundown Los Angeles apartment with his rapidly declining grandfather, archeologist Henry Lair (Michael Caine), his six-year-old son, Zach (Jonah Bobo), and Henry's Danish nurse, Katrina (Glenne Headly). Henry's only remaining interest is planning his own funeral service, something elaborate and unusual that will bring his "tribe" together. So when the tribe's missing member — Josh's estranged father, ex-junkie jailbird ...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
85 mins