With its droll humor and bittersweet emotional heft, the feature debut of writer-director Greg Mottola The Daytrippers announced the arrival of an unassumingly sharp-witted new talent on the 1990s indie film scene.
When she discovers a love letter written to her husband (Stanley Tucci) by an unknown paramour, the distraught Eliza (Hope Davis) turns to her tight-knit Long Island family for advice. Soon the entire clan—strong-willed mom (Anne Meara), taciturn dad (Pat McNamara), and jaded sister (Parker Posey) with pretentious boyfriend (Liev Schreiber) in tow—has squeezed into a station wagon and headed into Manhattan to find out the truth, kicking off a one-crazy-day odyssey full of unexpected detours and life-changing revelations.
Performed with deadpan virtuosity by a top-flight ensemble cast, The Daytrippers is a wry and piercing look at family bonds stretched to the breaking point.
Monday, March 27th
Cinema Name:Frida Cinema
Screen:Screen 1
Certificate:R
Start Time:5:30 pm
Running Time:87 mins.
Approx End Time:6:57 pm
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