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This impressively mature first feature from Thom Fitzgerald (Beefcake)examines the emotional tribulations of a family on the brink of destruction. With a screenplay by Fitzgerald, the story is set in a Nova Scotia home where the extended family is reunited for a wedding. William, a young man who left the family as an obese, unhappy and closeted teenager, now returns for his sister's wedding after a 10-year absence. He returns thin, attractive, openly gay and with a great deal of pent-up rage towards his family. But the family members also have their disappointments, sorrows, fears and collective disillusionment.

Told with biting humor, symbolism and moments of surrealism (William's memories of his schoolboy love, who is marrying his sister begin to stir long buried memories.) Reminiscent of Jane Campion's Sweetie, the film adroitly balances the ranging emotions of its characters; the result being an involving, unsettling but moving story.

Raymond Murray