Relative

Name: Relative
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: June 8, 2022
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Cameron Scott Roberts, Clare Cooney, Darcy Cagen, Elizabeth Stam, Emily Lape

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Music Box Films | Release Date: June 8, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Cameron Scott Roberts, Clare Cooney, Darcy Cagen, Elizabeth Stam, Emily Lape, Francis Guinan, Heather Chrisler, Keith D. Gallagher, Melissa DuPrey, Salome Chasnoff, Wendy Robie

Summary: David and Karen Frank are retirement-age progressive activists who have lived in the same Victorian home in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood for 30 years. It’s the house in which their four children grew up and where two of their children, adult sons Benji and Rod, still live. On the eve of Benji’s graduation from college, daughtersDavid and Karen Frank are retirement-age progressive activists who have lived in the same Victorian home in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood for 30 years. It’s the house in which their four children grew up and where two of their children, adult sons Benji and Rod, still live. On the eve of Benji’s graduation from college, daughters Evonne and Norma return home from out-of-state for a weekend celebration. Evonne brings her daughter, Emma, and newly separated wife, Lucia; Norma arrives along, with thoughts of wasted potential as she reconsiders her suburban life; Rod, an unemployed burnout, pines for Sarah, the “cam girl” ex who left him years ago; and all Benji wants to do is escape the party to rendezvous with Hekla, a free-spirited actress he met the night prior. As David and Karen announce the potential sale of their home, each member of the Frank family finds their bonds with the others being tested – and strengthened – in surprising ways.… Expand

Director: Michael Glover Smith

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Richard Roeper

Jun 7, 2022

The gifted writer-director Michael Glover Smith (“Mercury in Retrograde,” “Rendezvous in Chicago”) continues to grow as a filmmaker, as he expertly moves around the pieces on the chessboard over the course of a story told over three days and filled with potentially life-changing confrontations, revelations and realizations. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Jun 14, 2022

By the time the film eases into its final stretch, it becomes a sub-genre of drama that I call "accidental radio," meaning that even though there are pictures, you might not see them all because you're covering your eyes a lot of the time. Read full review

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