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Synopsis: In conservative West Orange, New Jersey, the Ostroff and Walling families are very close. David Walling and Terry Ostroff are inseparable best friends and run together everyday. David has problems with his wife, Paige. He frequently sleeps alone in his office. Their daughter, Vanessa, is frustrated because she has not succeeded in her career as a designer. Their son, Toby, is moving to China on a temporary assignment. Terry's wife, Cathy, ignores him. Their daughter Nina moved to San Francisco five years ago. Near Thanksgiving, Nina's boyfriend Ethan betrays her at his birthday party and Nina returns to her parents house. Nina argues with her mother and draws closer to David. Soon they have an affair and fall in love, turning the lives of the people close to them upside-down.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Julian Farino
Production: ATO Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
R
Year:
2011
90 min
$261,662
Website
279 Views


If you think he's such a loser,

then don't come to the wedding!

Jesus, turn that thing down!

Down volume!

Down volume!

- Oh, God!

- Down volume!

You guys, it's getting late.

The party's over, OK?

Love you. 'Bye.

Amy, did you see Ethan?

Baby?

Ethan?

Ethan?

Uh, it's...

Gimme a sec.

Come on. I want to

get everybody out of here.

Hey, how's it going with

the, uh, couples counsellor?

I don't know.

She's so non-specific.

It's like talking to fog.

David and I know

where we stand with each other.

That's how we've lasted this long.

Somehow, it works.

Well, don't look at me.

I just pretend Terry's invisible.

- Notice anything different?

- I sure do.

Nice new mini fridge.

I think it really

ties the room together.

- It's the Max 5950.

- It's the one you recommended.

From the patio series.

Good move.

Let's take a look

in the mini ice compartment.

Oh, boy.

It's really big, isn't it?

Now, this stuff is huge

in Europe.

And we've just landed

the American campaign.

- No kidding? Congrats.

- Thanks.

Russians like it for breakfast.

Before the devil

knows you're dead.

Boy, it's, um...

Well...

Really not very good, is it?

- It's not good at all. No.

- No.

What's up with these sheets?

You, um...

...spending a little extra time

out here?

Just a couple of nights a week.

Late-night TV.

You've gotta be

f***ing kidding me.

Oh, sh...

Nina? Wow!

- David. Hi.

- It's been so long.

I thought you weren't

coming back for Thanksgiving.

Yeah, well...

Um...

Are my parents here?

Locked out.

They're in the back.

Last day of barbecue season.

What's going on?

- You OK?

- David?

Paige wants to know what

you did with the tong thing.

Hi, Mom.

I'm back for Thanksgiving.

We turned it into a second den.

If your father's

in the first den

and I want some privacy,

I come here.

Honey, I have this really cool

self-inflating mattress.

It fits perfectly in the corner

and it is really comfy.

But, you know, we have your

old bed frame out there in the...

...in the garage -

I can set it up for you.

- Take me two... two se...

- No, that's fine.

I'll only be here a few days.

Why? Where are you

going to now?

I don't know.

I haven't figured it out yet.

Well, why don't you

stay here for a while?

I don't care -

it's not like we haven't

gotten used to you being gone.

Can you hold off

on the guilt trips

for just a little while,

please?

I've had a rough couple days.

I'd never seen Nina

with her tail between her legs.

But I didn't

have time to gloat.

Back on our side of the street,

we had our own problems.

That's not what I'm saying.

- What about Christmas?

- Come on, Paige.

- I'm trying here.

- Oh. Now I'm not trying.

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