Patchy, raggedy "indie," based on short stories of A.M. Homes: back and forth between four neighboring middle-class families, your proverbial lives of quiet desperation. Despite the juicing-up (roadway tragedy, the threat of pedophilia, a young boy's intimate conversational relationship with a Barbie doll), it remains flat and drab. With Glenn Close, Patricia Clarkson, Dermot Mulroney, Moira Kelly, Mary Kay Place, Timothy Olyphant, Joshua Jackson, Jessica Campbell; written and directed by Rose Troche. (2003) — Duncan Shepherd
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