The best thing about American cinema is that besides the studio-assembled big ticket movies, there's also the flourishing indie film movement which keeps throwing up some delightfully refreshing movies.

It doesn't exploit its characters for comedy or life lessons; it simply embraces the family members and lets them be themselves.

All indie-movie families may start out unhappy in their own way, but by the time the final credits roll, everyone remains complacent, confident of their brood's superiority.

...a continuously engrossing endeavor that gets off to a memorable (and instantly-captivating) start...