Though writer\/director Bart Freundlich 's film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship , it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance .
Though writer/director Bart Freundlich's film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional child relationship, it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup's anchoring performance.