Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results.
Acting
Sigourney Weaver's Xanax-and-cynicism mom is career-best weird.
Writing
Dan Harris's script weaponizes awkward family dinners.
Direction
Harris balances laugh-out-loud and gut-punch seamlessly.
Director
Dan Harris
Sigourney Weaver
Sandy Travis
Emile Hirsch
Tim Travis
Jeff Daniels
Ben Travis
Michelle Williams
Penny Travis
Kip Pardue
Matt Travis
Deirdre O'Connell
Marge Dwyer
Ryan Donowho
Kyle Dwyer
Suzanne Santo
Steph Connors
Jay Paulson
Vern
Luke Robertson
Jack Johnson
Lee Wilkof
Mitchell Goldstein
Terry Beaver
Dr. Montey
Sara Tanaka
Shelly Chan
Larry Fessenden
Store Clerk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dan Harris wrote this after his own high school classmate's suicide; the supermarket scene was shot in his actual hometown store.
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