Caulkin’s abound and amaze in this tale of suburban families in crisis?

The Martini brothers, back at TIFF for the first time since 1999, bring us a film set in a Long Island suburb. Rory Caulkin plays Scott Bartlett, a disillusioned high school student, who looks up to his alpha-male, real estate developer father Mickey (played to a T by Alec Baldwin), defends himself against the school bully, and? dreams about his best friend Adrianna (Emma Roberts). Adrianna’s father (Timothy Hutton) suffers from Lyme disease, and spends most of his time hunting imaginary deer and smoking pot in his basement.? Her mother, Melissa (Cynthia Nixon),? struggling to cope with her husband’s situation, finds herself the next woman in a string of adulteries on the part of Scott’s dad. As secrets are exposed and relationships strained, a quintessential tale of suburban discontent unfolds. The story is at once heartwarming and tragic, and painfully honest. Jill Hennesy stands out as Scott’s mother, who dreams of her old neighbourhood in Queens and tries to protect her sons from their father’s indiscretions. HC