I actually laughed hard at the opening parking scene. I assumed it was going to be a quirky indie comedy. I was wrong. There's nothing wrong with the premise, despite how many times it's been done. A creative writer and director can always find new ways to explore this scenario. But they didn't.

I actually respect the awkward silences, because that's what you get in real life in awkward situations. In sit-coms, everyone comes up with some witty line and fills every second of air space, but in real life it's not like that.

But you have to go somewhere with the plot and either bring it to a creszendo or at least have people grow. I skipped the last half hour, so I'm not sure what happened, but I'm guessing it was a mild make-up.

The main young male character didn't seem mature enough to have a girlfriend and the girlfriend seemed too young to have a mature relationship, but I guess that actress always looks like she's 14. I found it awkward.

What did the Gabrielle Union character see in the old curmudgeonly lawyer guy anyways? Are we to assume he had another side or was she drawn in by the money and power? I guess he let out another side while smoking pot, and maybe during the last half hour I missed.

Like another reviewer said, it was enormously refreshing to see a black female character amongst all white people and no one mentions her blackness. I've never seen that before. Congrats. to Union for joining this cast away from her comfort zone.

The scenery was great and the people were real. But sometimes real can be quite boring, and this was one of those times. Skip it and don't waste your time, money, or soul. It was essentially a play outdoors, with awkward and lifeless dialogue.

Judging by the basic summery of this you might end up thinking that's it's a corny, little family-relationship movie that has probably been done before, it's mostly what I thought as well. In reality however this turns out to be a really good drama/subtle comedy, sure it's not really groundbreaking or anything, but it is still really good. The story, despite being somewhat commonplace, is good and sold, developing slowly through the length of the movie towards an un-climactic it very satisfying end. Honestly it is the fact that is is un-climactic that it really works to be a good story, it would have been incredibly cheesy if they had just wrapped things up in a tiny bow at the end, instead we get what truly feels like an episode of a longer and perhaps more complex relationship/relationships.

The acting is great all around, the small cast almost makes this feel like a play and that all together in't a bad thing. The directing and writing is good, and the location itself is amazing, it's worth watching this movie just to get that feel of being in an beautiful, isolated cabin/house surrounded by trees and woodland. I don't know where this was shot, but from the looks of it I'm guessing it was Canada.

In short, you'll like this if you like small independent dramas.

A car slowly but surely comes out of a tight parallel parking spot as it bumps each car over and over again. This opening scene foretells the movie in a nutshell.

A father and son reunite together unexpectedly for the weekend along with their significant others. Dad's a lawyer, son's a musician. The setting is an old family cabin in the woods where the past becomes present. The movie attempts to create tension between the two family members who haven't seen each other in quite awhile. Don't forget to mix in the lady's problems, one wanting to start a family, the other dealing with a sick mother (both issues barely explored). The tension between the males supposedly spills over into their female relationships.

Let the conflict resolution begin.

Brief uncomfortable silences pock marked with shouting and melodrama do not a good movie make. Shouting & melodrama by the way that comes in the form of a neat freak yelling at his son over an old messy coffee table. I found myself bored and inattentive to what were supposedly serious moments. In spite of the good acting, the story never really drew me in. Zach Gilford was the least interesting character who held his emotions in so deep it was like he didn't have any to begin with. He delivered his lines with a carefree boredom second only to my own. He didn't even try to act. John Slattery & Jena Malone did the best they could with what little good dialog they were given. I applaud their effort.

Good movies capture something personal in the audience member and try to connect to that. Unfortunately this movie resolved nothing and didn't really connect with me. To solve a problem you have to explore it, an exploration that never really took place. There's no meat on the bone, just a foundation for drama with no real emotional bite to it. The father son relationship is strained because dad thinks he's too messy. That's about as much meat you're gonna get. Neat freak dad versus grungy vegan musician son not enough of a meal for me. I cannot recommend this movie when they're clearly far superior dramas that have parallel themes.