Largely this sad story is handled with a morbidity and monotony that go nowhere -- certainly not toward understanding.
Overview
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.
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Top critics, in their words
This is a film that succeeds on the strength of its acting, which is uniformly brilliant.
A showcase for an actor's actor rather than as a drama that engages our hearts.
A bleak little film, bold and well-intentioned in its unrelenting gaze on sorrow, but it never involves your emotions.
The script isn't very good; not even someone as gifted as Hoffman (the actor) can make it work.
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