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‘All Happy Families’ Review: Not All Indie Family Dramedies Are Alike
With 'All Happy Families,' director Haroula Rose seeks to carve out space in a crowded genre.
As Will surprises Graham by flying from Los Angeles to Chicago for an unannounced visit to the childhood home they bought together, their mother Sue (Becky Ann Baker) is trying to figure out how to react to her former boss touching her inappropriately at her retirement party, and their father Roy (John Ashton) may or may not be gambling again. If that sounds like a lot, it’s only the tip of the iceberg: Graham recently reconnected with a college friend named Dana (Chandra Russell) who’s about to be his new tenant, Will’s teenage daughter (Ivy O’Brien) has just come out as trans, and Will himself is being cagey about the reason for his surprise homecoming. The script by Rose and co-writer Coburn Goss is at its best when focusing on the reignited spark between Graham and Dana, a chef who, unlike her soon-to-be landlord, isn’t wont to self-sabotage when on the precipice of having something nice in her life.
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