JR, an aspiring news-anchor, forces her younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover’s place. Traveling through New England, they uncomfortably run into old school-mates or revisit familial history from which they have long since diverged.
Writing
Dialogue so brutally specific it feels illegal.
Acting
Altman and Perry's chemistry is weaponized discomfort.
Direction
Shot on 16mm black-and-white that refuses to flatter.
Director
Alex Ross Perry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alex Ross Perry and Carlen Altman are real-life siblings, which explains why the cruelty feels so authentic.
Shot in 2010 but released in 2012, this became a touchstone for the post-mumblecore generation that rejected Sundance polish.
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