"A new comedy of no manners."
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
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The people behind it
Jodie Foster
Penelope Longstreet
Kate Winslet
Nancy Cowan
Christoph Waltz
Alan Cowan
John C. Reilly
Michael Longstreet
Elvis Polanski
Zachary Cowan
Eliot Berger
Ethan Longstreet
Joseph Rezwin
Walter (voice)
Nathan Rippy
Dennis (voice)
Tanya Lopert
Michael's Mother (voice)
Julie Adams
Secretary (voice)
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In this office satire, Orson, a straight-laced employee, retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues. But why does this seem to upset them so much?
Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.
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