Unabletofindinspirationforhisnewestpiece,youngauthorLiam(DarylMcCormack)takesonthetitanicweightoftutoringthesonoflegendarywriterJ.M.Sinclair(RichardE.Grant)andhiswifeHélèneSinclair(JulieDelpy).Reelingfromthemysteriouspassingoftheireldestson,theSinclairspushLiamtoworkharderandinvitehimtostayontheestategroundswiththem.Soonenough,liesbigandsmallunfurlasawell-intentionedexercisequicklytransformsintoasagaoflust,betrayal,jealousy,andthequestforlegacy-definingrelevance. Abattleofwitsbeginswitheveryonecarryingmuchtolose. Delpy,Grant,andMcCormackallmaketriumphantreturnstoTribecainadramabubblingwithexplorationsofauthorshipandtheinextricablelinkbetweenfamily,nomatterhowbroken.Thrillinganddarklycomedic,theprojectquestionstheefficacyandsourethicaldynamicswhichmayarisefrommentorshipandthetenuoushopesanddreamsmanywraparoundthatveryconcept.
2024-04-09
