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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
A family gathering becomes a pressure cooker of taboo, cruelty and darkly comic discomfort. Its stripped-down style makes the social violence feel as immediate and claustrophobic as The House of Yes.
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Why this pick
Another exquisitely stylized portrait of an affluent, emotionally deranged family, balancing deadpan wit with genuine hurt and characters whose elaborate performances conceal old wounds.
03
Why this pick
Its visit-home setup turns into acidic, intimate comedy-drama, with sibling rivalry, vicious conversational games and a sense that every family member is withholding something destabilizing.
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Why this pick
A compact, theatrical chamber piece in which a supposedly celebratory gathering unravels through brittle jokes, shocking disclosures and rapidly shifting alliances.
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Why this pick
For the pleasure of watching a family meal become verbal warfare: it has a similarly heightened, actor-driven mix of outrageous cruelty, buried resentments and bleak humor.
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01 / THE STORY
On Thanksgiving Day, 1983, student Marty Pascal (Josh Hamilton (actor)) brings his fiancée, Lesly (Tori Spelling), home to his family's McLean, Virginia estate to meet them for the first time. Marty is obviously nervous and hesitant about the impending introduction of his future wife to his family; he has informed them that he is bringing a guest but without any further details.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
'Jackie-O' Pascal
Anthony Pascal
Young 'Jackie-O'
Marty Pascal
Lesly
