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Lightning Bugs in a Jar

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6.0/10 • 5

2015-05-190h 20m

Drama

Family is easy to leave but impossible to forget.

When a mother and son with a caustic history reunite to pack-up their old house, sparks fly as long-buried secrets are revealed, and it might fall upon the shoulders of the son's boyfriend to help heal old wounds.

Directors
Robert Ian Simpson, Sara Wolkowitz
Writters
Robert Ian Simpson
Editors
Robert Ian Simpson, Sophia Betz

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  1. Ethan Slater

    Ethan Slater

    Ben

  2. Devin McDuffee

    Devin McDuffee

    Max

  3. Betsy Aidem

    Betsy Aidem

    Farrah

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CinemaSerf

Apr 3, 2024

6/10

Mother "Farrah" (Betsy Aidem) arrives at her old house to find son "Max" (Devin McDuffee) flagrante delicto with boyfriend "Ben" (Ethan Slater). She's not especially bothered about that, it's just that there are jobs to be done clearing out their former home, and it's soon quite clear that it's not just that that needs a good airing. This crams quite a lot of family tension into twenty minutes but sadly very little of it is innovate or well acted. The dynamic between mother and son is overcooked and contrived and the pacifying interventions of "Ben" predictable. It looks OK, but there's very little natural or convincing about it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
melancholylgbtcandidmother son relationshipshort filmintimateintensegay couplepowerfulsympatheticboyfriend boyfriend relationship