Hugh Laurie, and Catherine Keener are the Wallings. Their daughter Vanessa (Alia Shawkat) is too scare to go after her dream. She has retreated back home with a dead-end job.
Oliver Platt, and Allison Janney are the Ostroffs. Their daughter is the often-absentee hard-partying Nina (Leighton Meester), and she's running home after she catches her boyfriend Ethan cheating. Both families would like her to get involved with the Walling son Toby (Adam Brody).
The whole thing blows up when Nina has inappropriate relations. It is inappropriate on so many levels. Almost everybody feels betrayed. The subject matter really prevents any of jokes to be funny. In fact, the quirky tone constantly conflicts.
The best line happens when Hugh Laurie and Leighton Meester are in a coffee shop discussing their affair. He is trying desperately to put into words how inappropriate this all was. And she says "There is no rules!" That seems to be the ultimate message of this movie. It's a very uncomfortable message. No matter what the accepted convention is. Love is a game where truly "There is no rule!"
Oliver Platt, and Allison Janney are the Ostroffs. Their daughter is the often-absentee hard-partying Nina (Leighton Meester), and she's running home after she catches her boyfriend Ethan cheating. Both families would like her to get involved with the Walling son Toby (Adam Brody).
The whole thing blows up when Nina has inappropriate relations. It is inappropriate on so many levels. Almost everybody feels betrayed. The subject matter really prevents any of jokes to be funny. In fact, the quirky tone constantly conflicts.
The best line happens when Hugh Laurie and Leighton Meester are in a coffee shop discussing their affair. He is trying desperately to put into words how inappropriate this all was. And she says "There is no rules!" That seems to be the ultimate message of this movie. It's a very uncomfortable message. No matter what the accepted convention is. Love is a game where truly "There is no rule!"