A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his father, his mother, and his brother, are not exactly who he thought they were. They are flawed and they are human.
Acting
Rory Culkin's painfully authentic awkwardness; Baldwin's slimy charm.
Writing
Dialogue that captures how families actually destroy each other.
Production
That suffocating Long Island sprawl, all wood paneling and false promises.
Director
Derick Martini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Derick Martini based this on his own Long Island childhood; his brother Steven co-wrote. The Lyme disease epidemic was real and terrifying in early '80s Connecticut and New York.
This bombed in 2008 because audiences wanted escapism, not a mirror. It's basically The Ice Storm's scrappier, meaner cousin.
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