A Black family comes together to have an intervention for Amanda's drinking problem. They've hired a therapist named Trevor (a white man, not that it matters), written emotional letters, and now they sit and wait for Amanda to arrive. But when she does, Trevor realizes that the family hasn't exactly been honest with him.
Writing
Sharp dialogue that weaponizes awkward silences.
Acting
Ensemble chemistry that sells the organized chaos.
Direction
Dual directors keep the single-location tension crackling.
Director
Niccolo Aeed
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film inverts the traditional intervention narrative by making the therapist the unwitting subject of examination.
Aeed and Tempelsman explore how white liberal therapeutic language often fails to address systemic family dynamics across racial lines.
US
