A sombre, low-key, male mid-life crisis drama, full of meaningful glances, unspoken resentment and underlying regret.

There's something flimsy and unformed at these characters' cores, something that no amount of jumpy close-ups, skittering sideways glances, and rainy music can make up for.

Fine performances barely make up for this melodrama's narrative bankruptcy.

There's an enquiring restlessness to Doremus' camera, always searching for small gestures and glances which, along with Dustin O'Halloran's beautifully forlorn score and DoP John Guleserian washed-out palates, creates a sensuous, longing atmosphere.