Directed by Lorcan Finnegan
Written by Garret Shanley
Starring Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg
Running time: 1 hour and 37 minutes
MPAA rating: R for language and some sexuality/nudity

by Ian Hrabe

Suburbia gets a bad rap. Speaking from experience, I spent my late teens and most of my twenties railing against the idea of suburban living. That’s a normal and natural reaction to anyone who grew up in the ‘burbs, but once you have kids and your living situation is entirely predicated on school districts, all of that suburban agita goes out the window. You start thinking outside of yourself and, in a sense, you cease to exist as your own person and instead become an extension of your children. Their safety, education and overall well being is paramount to your hopes, dreams and desires. This is a trope you see all the time, and it almost always has a dark twist to it. Blue Velvet, Little Children, Happiness, A Serious Man, The ‘Burbs, the list goes on and on because the only way to make suburbia interesting is by exposing its dark underbelly and the general ennui that haunts these places.