Life During Wartime (1:37) 2009

This is a movie about a dysfunctional family, a very dysfunctional extended family. And I've seen lots of movies about strange families. The movie starts with Joy leaving her husband, Allen while she still is having conversations with her former boyfriend who committed suicide years earlier. Her nephew Timmy is on the verge of making his Bar Mitzvah when he learns his father is not dead but in prison for pedophilia. Unknown to him, his father has been released from prison. Joy has two sisters, one a famous poet who has not kept in contact with the family. The other is Timmy's mom who has been an divorced man who is interested in a relationship. This movie, while have a very good ensemble cast, was not my cup of teas. I really had to force myself to watch the film to the end. There are two very good scenes, one scene is between Billy, Timmy's older brother away at college, and his newly paroled father. The second scene is between Timmy and his mother's boyfriend. However, ten minutes doesn't justify my recommending this film.