We enjoyed very much this dramedy of a family who made disturbing performance art when the children were young and then forward to their troubled lives as adults, starring and directed by Jason Bateman (last blogged for acting in Horrible Bosses 2, and for his directing debut Bad Words) as the grown son. Nicole Kidman (most recently in Before I Go to Sleep) is the grown daughter, Christopher Walken (The Jungle Book) and Maryann Plunkett (Center Stage (2000), The Company Men, Blue Valentine) are the old parents, and Kathryn Hahn (after I wrote about her in Tomorrowland, she was in 14 episodes of Transparent) and Jason Butler Harner (I know his face, probably from his three episodes of Scandal) as the young parents. All are quite convincing in their neuroses.
David Lindsay-Abaire (wrote Oz the Great and Powerful) adapted the novel by Kevin Wilson. Carter Burwell (last scored Hail, Caesar!) provides a dreamy soundtrack, samples of which can be heard here.
We missed it when it showed for a week in our area so we streamed it from our cable provider about two weeks ago. Rotten Tomatoes' critics are more in our camp with 78% than its audiences with a mere 55. It's not must-see TV but we thought it was good.
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