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Jan 27, 2019Nursebob rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Emotionally, Christine Jeffs’ film is all over the map. As a black comedy it elicits a few smiles mostly centred on gory mattresses and crawling maggots, and as a drama it fails to engage on anything but a superficial level—Norah finds one cleaning assignment hitting too close to home; a crusty Alan Arkin reprises his "Little Miss Sunshine" role as he mentors his grandson in the ways of crooked business dealings; and Rose pines for her boyfriend (Steve Zahn treating us to a butt shot) while feeling the sting of falling from head cheerleader in highschool to impoverished single mother post graduation. Pretty pat and dry plotting with everyone taking a turn at having their own personal revelation and more or less happy endings all around including a potential new love interest that audiences can see coming from a mile away. Sweet but forgettable.