Charlie Bradford, an aspiring filmmaker in his 30s, is doing the best he can to distance himself from the chaos of his childhood home. But his eccentric mother Linda, a compulsive hoarder who suffers from depression punctuated by spells of manic consumption, has a tendency to keep the people and things she loves close at hand. Charlie's younger sisters still live at home with Linda: Lisa, the older of the two has a history of petty theft and works as a home healthcare aid, and Penny, who is trying to overcome her agonizing shyness is starting a a new career as a home stager in a beleaguered real estate market.
Acting
Carol Kane's hoarder matriarch is uncomfortably, brilliantly specific.
Production
The house itself becomes a suffocating fifth character.
Director
Diane Crespo
Joshua Leonard
Charlie Bradford
Natasha Lyonne
Lisa Bradford
Halley Feiffer
Penny Bradford
Carol Kane
Linda Bradford
Dan Hedaya
Walter Bickford
Kathy Najimy
Ethel Bradford
Maria Dizzia
Sandra
Daniel London
Miles Bickford
James Colby
Chuck Bradford
Andrea Rosen
Betsy
Luke Forbes
Sandra's Date
Mia Katigbak
Mona
Heidi Schreck
Lady in Yard
Maria-Christina Oliveras
Foreclosed Mom
Rafael Sardina
Foreclosed Dad
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Diane Crespo shot in actual cluttered locations to avoid the 'movie clean' version of hoarding typically seen on screen.
Released pre-Marie Kondo Netflix dominance, the film now reads as a dark prequel to our national decluttering obsession.
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