Not sure if there's really a spoiler in this, but just in case ---
This film was clever, subtle and amusing. Wendie Malick ("Dream On" and "Just Shoot Me") was the perfect overachieving 50's style mother, with the always-pressed linen apron and the flower-studded headband. Stephen Root ("Office Space" and that dodgeball film with Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller) gave the father and husband a winning weirdness, especially when he polished his wife's toenails. Justin Long showed his brilliance as the smart and devious son, staying in the bathroom to be able to write his mathematical formulas on the walls, and to avoid giving the high school valedictorian speech that his mother was writing. Makes you wish your dysfunctional family had been more like this one; a genuine and funny film with a lot of charm.
This film was clever, subtle and amusing. Wendie Malick ("Dream On" and "Just Shoot Me") was the perfect overachieving 50's style mother, with the always-pressed linen apron and the flower-studded headband. Stephen Root ("Office Space" and that dodgeball film with Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller) gave the father and husband a winning weirdness, especially when he polished his wife's toenails. Justin Long showed his brilliance as the smart and devious son, staying in the bathroom to be able to write his mathematical formulas on the walls, and to avoid giving the high school valedictorian speech that his mother was writing. Makes you wish your dysfunctional family had been more like this one; a genuine and funny film with a lot of charm.
