Multimedia performance artist Miranda July's first feature is an astonishing balancing act that revolves around two slightly dazed casualties of life holding on to the conviction that there's magic just waiting to be discovered behind everyday banality — despite crushing evidence to the contrary. Just as its calculated, self-conscious quirkiness threatens to become unbearable, the film suddenly pulls off a perfectly calibrated grace note so unexpected that it's almost breathtaking. Shoe-salesman Richard Swersey (John Hawkes), who's separating from his wife, has an uneasy relationship with fatherhood. His sons, 14-year-old Peter (Miles Thompson) and 6-year-old Robby (...
Released:
2005
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins