Albatross
Mary Dieng




Directed By: Niall MacCormick

Starring: Jessica Brown-Findlay, Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond, and Felicity Jones

I guess it is unfair to compare this British coming of age dramedy to American Beauty.  But it’s not a big leap.  Bored middle-aged dad?  Check.  “Shrew-like” mom? Check.  Relatively nondescript teenage daughter?  Check.  Sexy free-spirited best friend of said teenage daughter? Check.  Dysfunctional family? Check, Check, Check, Check.

Jonathan Fischer (Sebastia...
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