A father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task an... Read allA father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.A father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 9 nominations
- Peter
- (as Wally Wolodarsky)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile this film is fictional, director and screenwriter Maya Forbes loosely based the story and its characters on her life growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the late 1970s. After the end credits roll, a picture of Forbes' real-life parents appears, upon whom the movie is based.
- GoofsOn a book shelf there are various board games in the background, including "Trivial Pursuit." The movie is set in 1978, Trivial Pursuit was not released on the market until 1982.
- Quotes
Cam Stuart: There is a semi-private stairwell
[Maggie bursts out laughing]
Cam Stuart: in our apartment building. What do you say?
Maggie Stuart: Oh. My stairwell days are over.
[Walks away]
Cam Stuart: You had stairwell days?
- SoundtracksAmen
Performed by The Brentford Choir
Recorded for Tabernacle a division of Studio One Records, Jamaica, West Indies
Courtesy of Soul Jazz Records, London, England
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,700,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,430,655
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $47,000
- Jun 21, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $2,071,383
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1