A gut-wrenching look at a twenty-something Manhattanite's maturing into adulthood while facing a family crisis involving his deathly ill mother. James (an amazing Christopher Abbott) deals with grief over the death of his father in a counter-productive manner. When compelled to help his mother (a great performance by Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon) through a really dark journey his behavior is that of the dutiful nurturing son. How many sons or daughters, I wonder, would be able to cope with this situation without fleeing the scene? There is a particularly touching scene towards the end (perhaps one of the most emotional in all of film this year) where James soothes and nutures his mother in the bathroom -while being the budding writer that he is-recounting a beautiful, inspiring story. Aces!
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