This is definitely worth watching if you enjoy seeing human psychology play out subtely on the screen. To be crass and make comparisons, it’s kind-of a cross between ‘Rushmore’, ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ and ‘Manhattan’. For a film directed by the writer, it avoids being self-indulgent and is in fact quite restrained, heightening impact with short, tight scenes. The cast is excellent – especially, Owen Kline puts in a performance well beyond his years as the younger son.

Soucy is a real talent – this novella, written in the unique vocabulary of its protagonist, becomes increasingly disconcerting but it is not until the terrible climax that all events come into stark relief.