Movie Info

A Sundance Festival special, this indie family comedy-drama was given unduly harsh treatment by critics when it was released. Starring as the long-es...(read more...) tranged son of an emotionally distant father, Noah Wyle comes home to his family for Thanksgiving in hopes of reconnecting with his old girlfriend, and receives unexpected results. But he's not the only one coming back. There's the brother with a cute fiancée (Hope Davis), who doesn't quite understand what all the tension is about. There's the glum sister (a hilarious Julianne Moore) who is down on love and everything else until she connects with a childhood acquaintance. And Mom (Blythe Danner) is there to referee it all. But the central conflict involves Wyle and his father (Roy Scheider in a wonderfully eccentric performance). --Marshall Fine

Director: Bart Freundlich

MPAA: R

Running Time: 132 min.

Release Date: Jun 01, 1997

Cast: Arija Bareikis, Blythe Danner, Brian Kerwin, Hope Davis, James LeGros, Julianne Moore, Laurel Holloman, Michael Vartan, Noah Wyle, Noah Wylie, Roy Scheider