We have Dawn, a single mother with two teenage kids Josh and Nicola. Dawn is going through mental issues and is seeing a regression therapist and says that she was abused as a child but no one is her family believes her. Other they are or not, the whole situation becomes difficult for Josh and Nicola to handle. Nicola spends most of her time out with friends and drugs. Meanwhile, Josh is dealing with his sexuality. He is secretly in love with his best friend and the duo share a common interest of making films. Since, he has no one to talk to, he creates a online friendship with an online blogger Ryan and even goes to met him when he visits London. In the end, thanks to the shrink, the siblings finally understand their mother's pain and Josh finally tells his best friend that he is gay, who accepts him for who he is.
There are many problems with this film actually. It tries to juggle a lot of issues and styles and in the process cannot decide what to really wants to be. Each character is flawed and muddled but it never really comes across as genuine that would wanna make you feel for them as an audience. There is so much going on that each of the story’s strands doesn’t get enough time to properly develop. The mom dealing with hysteria shouting over her kids, starts getting repetitive after a while. The acting is pretty below average for the most part, except for Josh, who is a sensitive soul who is trying to be strong for the sake of his mother whilst hiding his sexuality. Overall, the movie feels like a surface deep attempt rather than a realistic portrayal of a family dealing with a variety of difficult issues. Also, I am really not sure why the title of the film? It makes no sense. (3/10)
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