In her first starring film role in a decade, Amanda Peet gives a deeply felt, gently comic performance as Diane, an actress whose career and marriage are equally stagnant. When Diane asks Sam, an anxious law-school dropout played by writer-director Matthew Shear, to babysit her three daughters, the two form an unlikely friendship, bonding over their shared neuroses. (Diane’s father happens to also be Sam’s therapist). Elegantly made and sharply observant, this distinctly New York comedy and family drama is buoyed by an ensemble of beloved actors Judd Hirsch, Andrea Martin, and Bob Balaban. Winner of the SXSW Narrative Feature Audience Award.
Tickets (on March 25 with Q&A): $20 (members), $25 (nonmembers)
Tickets (other JFF showtimes): $13 (members), $18 (nonmembers)
Opens for a run on April 10.
