The road to disaster is paved with many small mistakes.
A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother.
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, grave and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Noah FleissJoe Henry
- Karen YoungTheresa Henry
- Camryn ManheimMrs. Basil
- Austin PendletonWinston
- Val KilmerBob Henry
- Max LigoshMike Henry
- James CostaRay
- Jenny RobertsonWaitress
- Amy WrightMary
- Richard BrightRoy
Crew
- Frank WhaleyDirector
- Frank WhaleyWriter
- Michael MayersDirector of Photography
- Anthony GrimaldiOriginal Music Composer
- Robert WhaleyOriginal Music Composer
- Miran MiošićEditor
- Melody LondonEditor
- Scott MacaulayProducer
- Lindsay MarxProducer
- Robin O'HaraProducer
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