A year of witty, melancholy romance unfolds as a family grapples with love's messy, heartwarming complexities.
Romantic and earnest, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), Fandango at Home (free) and 4 more.
No surprises for an R: moderate sex and nudity, and no real violence.
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An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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