On the DVD cover, just below the title, it says: "Most families have a black sheep. This one has a whole flock." And that, I think about sums it all up.
Fifteen year old Ellis (Graham Phillips) is about the only 'normal' one of the Whitman family. His parents are divorced with his dad remarried to someone half his age and expecting their first baby. His mom, sort of a New Age hippie, is involved with yet another parasitic boyfriend. And then there is Goat Man (David Duchovny), a pot-growing-and-smoking botanist cum landscaper as his mentor. To top it all off the boy has to cope with all the demands of a prestigious prep-school his father enrolled him in as well. But, amazingly, amidst all the confusion and challenges, the boy manages to rise up above it all to find his niche in this world.
To call it just another teenage angst movie would be selling it short. It reminded me a lot of The Way Way Back which I also reviewed on this blog a while back. And like that movie, this one also contains definite elements of coming of age which on its own makes it worth watching. This one too earned three out of five stars from me.
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