When Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges, returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her - like she did them.
Acting
Piper Perabo's chaotic charisma makes Jen maddening yet magnetic.
Writing
Unflinching look at conditional friendship and moral math.
Director
Irving Schwartz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Irving Schwartz's only feature directorial credit; he spent most of his career as a producer on TV movies.
Fits the mid-2000s wave of 'unlikable female protagonist' indies alongside The Squid and the Whale and Happy Endings—though this one flew completely under the radar.