Marlee Roberts

An average Joe finds himself trapped inside of a romantic comedy as a background character with only the film's runtime to prove himself worthy of making it to the sequel.

In 1983, Oliver Nicholas, at thirteen, is well-poised to enter the precocious teenage world of first-sex, vodka and possible-love in New York City when he is traumatized by the stroke of his housekeeper (and only true maternal figure), a sixty-five-year-old Chilean woman named Aida. What was supposed to be an exhilarating and somewhat fearful rite of passage - diving into the exciting, fast-paced world of first experiences - quickly becomes skewed by an incomprehensible depression, and a house of interior horrors. Surrounded by women - his untraditional, Spanish, photographer mother (more interested in the role of confidante than mother) his sister, a comedic, door-slamming tormentor, marked by her parent's divorce; and Aida, his silver-haired emotional focal point on the verge of death in Lenox Hill Hospital - Oliver struggles to maintain his role as "man of the house" and his sanity.

Old memories and ghosts from the past resurface when a man reluctantly agrees to help his now-alcoholic childhood friend sober up over the course of a weekend.

An overambitious high school freshman tries to control her life by controlling her weight.

An overambitious high school freshman tries to control her life by controlling her weight.

An overambitious high school freshman tries to control her life by controlling her weight.