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Director : Dennis Lee
Running Time : 91 mins
Henry James Herman (Spevack) is something of a child genius, in spite or because of his unorthodox upbringing by his feminist mother Patricia (Colette). On his tenth birthday, he receives a box from his grandfather Stan (Moore) containing the truth behind his birth – that he was the product of a sperm donor – so he sets out to find more information about his father.
I didn’t expect much from this little known comedy-drama, but was pleasantly surprised by the dark humour it contained, specifically in the performances of the child actors and the approach of their characters to finding their true parentage. There are some cruelly funny moments, mostly in the opening scenes where we learn what happened to Collette’s family, and the negative attitudes of many of the characters, combined with their odd outlooks on life, make this a very watchable film.
You’ll like this if you liked : The Way, Way Back
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