Dan Harris, the 24-year-old screenwriter whose most substantial credit to date is Bryan Singer's X2 (2003), clearly hoped to expand beyond the superhero-adaptation niche in his directing debut. But it's an object lesson in the pitfalls of tackling thorny issues like suburban ennui and midlife angst when you're still in thrall to costumed heroics. The upper-middle-class Travis family is shattered when eldest son Matt (Kip Pardue), an up-and-coming competitive swimmer, kills himself without warning. But they're too uptight, guilt-ridden and image-conscious to talk to each other, so desperate housewife Sandy (Sigourney Weaver) guzzles wine, gets arrested for trying to b...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
112 mins