Writer-director Joseph Greco's fact-based drama about a Florida boy growing up in the shadow of his mother's mental illness often rings painfully true, but would have benefited from judicious editing.
Vaguely set in the 1980s, presumably when Greco was growing up, the film quickly establishes the dynamic of a family driven by its least stable member. Creative, passionate and devoted to her son, Mary Marino (Marcia Gay Harden) is also schizophrenic, and her illness has emotionally and financially exhausted her devoted husband, independent construction contractor John (Joe Pantoliano). Ten-year-old Chris (Devon Gearhart), who spends long periods in the care of...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
100 mins