Childhood's End

A static, enervating film that dares us to be interested in the peccadilloes, bumbling humanity and utter normality of a pack of Midwestern teens. Greg (Sam Trammell) is Mr. Perfect: At the tender age of 18, he's graduating from high school early to take a job as a magazine photo editor. His older sister, Chloe (Brigdet White), has already embarked on a career as a model. The painfully introverted Rebecca (Heather Gottlieb) longs for Greg's attention; Greg harbors a crush on his mother's best friend, Evelyn (Cameron Foord); and Evelyn's lesbian daughter, Denise (Colleen Werthmann), is alienated from her independent-minded mother. The film's greatest assets and bigg...