An average movie

I remember it quite well, I have actually seen this movie when it was released in the movie theater. At the time, there was some buzz about it because it was Nick Cassavetes’s directing debut and he apparently was trying to follow the prestigious steps of his father, John Cassavetes. Eventually, I thought it was not bad at all, it was quite a charming little drama but it was missing something. I mean, on one hand, the influence of John Cassavetes was pretty obvious in the way that his son wanted to create a small scale drama above all from some strong performances but, on the other hand, there was also a strong will to create something else, something standing on its own and it was above all to be found in the tone which was much lighter than in Nick Cassavetes's father work. As a result, you have a rather typical directing debut, in the sense that the whole thing was absolutely decent and rather entertaining but also rather unfocused and, honestly, not really interesting. Indeed, in spite of the interesting cast (Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei and even Gérard Depardieu), I had a rather hard time to care about the plot. Still, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre

6/10