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6.2/10 • 113

2015-10-231h 25m

Drama

Love desperately, live recklessly.

Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.

Directors
Adam Salky
Writters
Paige Dylan, Amy Koppelman
Editors
Paige Dylan, Amy Koppelman, Tamara Meem

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Sarah Silverman

    Sarah Silverman

    Laney Brooks

  2. Josh Charles

    Josh Charles

    Bruce Brooks

  3. Thomas Sadoski

    Thomas Sadoski

    Donny

  4. Skylar Gaertner

    Skylar Gaertner

    Eli Brooks

  5. Chris Sarandon

    Chris Sarandon

    Roger

  6. Terry Kinney

    Terry Kinney

    Dr. Page

  7. Mia Barron

    Mia Barron

    Susan

  8. Shayne Coleman

    Shayne Coleman

    Janey Brooks

  9. Kristin Griffith

    Kristin Griffith

    Nurse Pauline

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Reno

Aug 18, 2016

7/10

How should an ideal mother behave when she's haunted by her bad past.
The film is about a small family of two little kids and their parents, but all the focus was on the mother who is a drug addict and struggling with mental illness, yet care a lot for her children. But how long this happy family stays that way is the film going to reveal in its entire narration. Based on the book of the same name, half a million budget film, has a decent cast who have given their best for it. This is not a film you watch to enjoy, but a film about the families around us. This is a depiction of the real world story, like not all the families are happier as we see them from the outside. There are some secrets in them, which sets a bad example for their own children once they come to know the true nature of their parents. But some would decide to fight hard to make everything come back to the normal and some won't. That is where film derives, how it all ends makes this film unique from the other similar ones. I think this film was decent with an important topic. Not everyone would end up happy with their watch, because the story won't end up as they thought. The novel was written by a woman, so this is a woman's perspective tale and quite neatly told story. Not a bad direction or the screenplay, surprising the production quality was too good. Seems it is a quite family type film for involving kids, certainly the theme was very strong, so definitely for adults only. It is neither worth nor a waste of time, only if you come across to it and has no other choice, you can give it try. 6.5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$495,000.00
Revenue
$63,373.00
Keywords
based on novel or bookaddictionmental illnesswealthy family