Winter Solstice

New York University graduate film-school alumnus Josh Sternfeld's morose first feature (which is unrelated to the identically titled book by U.K. novelist Rosamunde Pilcher) revolves around the emotional agonies of a widowed suburban landscaper and his two unhappy sons. Five years after his wife's death, suburban New Jersey landscaper Jim Winters (executive producer Anthony LaPaglia) is stuck in a funk that shows no signs of abating. But as the weather starts to warm and business heats up, Jim meets Molly (Allison Janney), who's house-sitting for friends down the street and weathering her own quiet midlife crisis. Unfortunately, Jim isn't in the best position to make...