Very well executed

Admirable film.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

If this movie were merely formulaic, it might be tolerable. But it is so much worse than that. With the exception of the Sister, every character is obnoxious and over-played. It's not even over yet, and I'm not sure I'll be able to see it through to the end to find out whether there's any redemption -- for the story, the characters or the actors.

It is Christmas Eve, 2016 and I had no idea why I recorded this... yet now I understand. I lived in a world of bi-polarity and I needed this film today. The systematic approach to the unraveling of one character poised next to the grounding and evolving of the two leads was illuminating. Reid Scott and Grace Kaufman were incredible together. The evolving of love, trust, and loyalty was compelling. People who have survived families with members who were mentally ill will appreciate the links that were absent in their own lives-the bond of love and the impact it has on emotional development. This movie takes on a very misunderstood issue of mental illness and misuse of psychotropic drugs. Everyone has a unique electrical system. The Psychiatrist espoused an ignorant manifesto, but he too evolved. I loved the movie because the conflict was realistic, approach individualized (never intended to be a panacea) and the characters were viable!

I caught this movie on Showtime and decided to watch it. I was surprised and really enjoyed the movie. Everyone did a great job on the film. I saw the characters and not the actors/actresses who played them and the topics were something that many debate even today when it comes to putting children on drugs. Many feel that the children are being over medicated. Sometimes that's the case, sometimes it's not. still I liked that it took the time it needed to get to the points of the film and I really loved how it was done. If you haven't gotten a chance to see it. Please watch it. It touched on so many serious subjects and wasn't over dramatic about them. The wife was a piece of work though. Still the ending is really worth watching the movie.

Sister tackled a very sensitive issue (childhood attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), over-medication and misdiagnosis) skillfully and with grace. We saw the film at Waterfront Film Festival in South Haven, MI this past weekend, and sat in on an excellent Q&A with the director afterward. We were extremely impressed with the actors in this film, and little Grace Kaufman who played Niki was wonderful! It was great to see Barbara Hershey, and she did a stellar job playing a mom with bipolar disorder. Reid Scott was also perfectly cast and was amazing! We loved this well-researched and beautifully done film. Thank you!!