This movie is a very accurate portrayal into the life of a brother and sister as they deal with an aging parent. The acting is wonderful. The movie progresses slow but is steady. Deals with major issues in personal and family relations. This movie has a small demographic. Most people wouldn't care for this movie but as a health care worker I loved it.

Deserved R rating--not for minors. Adults will find this interesting. Another example of why indies are gaining in popularity due to the no frills nature infused with human life thruths.

In this independent comedy-drama, starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman, Siblings, Wendy and Jon Savage visit their father at his retirement home, after he acts out, using his fecal matter to write messages on the walls of the home. Forced to move out of the retirement home, Wendy & Jon try to find a new home for their senile father. This is a very serious film, with comic-relief. The content isn't overly inappropriate. The main character has a prolonged sexual affair with a married man. There are few in-explicit sex-scenes, with no nudity. The language is what you would find in most R-rated films, many f--ks and s--ts. Drug content and violence isn't an issue, Wendy's brother Jon gets a neck injury few characters die, one on-screen, but not graphic. I wouldn't recommend this film for people my age, not necessarily for inappropriateness, but for thematic elements. The theme and situations are very mature and wouldn't catch a young teenager's attention. Although this film is considered a comedy-drama, this is very much, a drama. But I do consider this appropriate for ages 14+ depending on the parent's feeling of the film.