Sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back.
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.
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Grave, earnest, character-led and bleak.
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- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Robert Downey Jr.Dito
- Shia LaBeoufYoung Dito
- Chazz PalminteriMonty
- Dianne WiestDito's Mother
- Channing TatumYoung Antonio
- Melonie DíazYoung Laurie
- Martin CompstonMike O'Shea
- Eric RobertsAntonio
- Rosario DawsonLaurie
- Olga MeredizAunt Mary
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- Dito MontielDirector
- Dito MontielWriter
- Éric GautierDirector of Photography
- Jonathan EliasOriginal Music Composer
- Jake PushinskyEditor
- Christopher TellefsenEditor
- Robert Downey Jr.Producer
- Charlie CorwinProducer
- Clara MarkowiczProducer
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