Richard Jenkins is never bad in anything, he's brilliant. Which is why I'm so dumbfounded that Amy Schumer was cast in this. She's got to be the most annoying performer in play today. In addition, and I hope this doesn't sound mean, but she looks like she ate for the entire cast and crew. No self-discipline in her acting or her food intake. It's sooo distracting. The rest of the cast does a fine job and the story, although told many times before, is sorta' relatable. I highly doubt this gets a theatrical release. Maybe it will air on The Food Network.

I usually avoid American films at the Toronto Film Festival. This one sounded intriguing and I gave it a try because it was made after a supposedly successful play. Big mistake! First of all the sound is terrible and, sometimes, one hardly understands what the characters say. Then it is dark for the sake of being dark. All characters are sad, unfortunate, reveling in their sadness and pessimism. All their lives are train wrecks. There is no meaning that I could find in this film. I guess a good film for masochists without any other redeeming quality.

A surprising and beguiling trip through an all too familiar Thanksgiving dinner with 6 phenomenal actors spewing out the words of an unbelievably well crafted screenplay. Lots of laughs, lots of tears; well worth a watch whenever it gets a public release.