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  • Summary: In the town of Martin, Tennessee, Chip Hines, a precocious six year old, has only known life with his two dads, Cody and Joey. And a good life it is. When Cody dies suddenly in a car accident, Joey and Chip struggle to find their footing again. Just as they begin to, Cody’s will reveals that he named his sister as Chip’s guardian. The years of Joey’s acceptance into the family unravel as Chip is taken away from him. In his now solitary home life, Joey searches for a solution. The law is not on his side, but friends are. Armed with their comfort and inspired by memories of Cody, Joey finds a path to peace with the family and closer to his son. (In the Family Production)… Expand

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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Apr 18, 2012
    100
    What a courageous first feature this is, a film that sidesteps shopworn stereotypes and tells a quiet, firm, deeply humanist story about doing the right thing. It is a film that avoids any message or statement and simply shows us, with infinite sympathy, how the life of a completely original character can help us lead our own.
  2. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Rob Humanick
    Nov 28, 2011
    100
    An acutely felt, altogether devastating family drama as intimate and affecting as it is sprawling and untamed.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    May 5, 2012
    90
    This deeply humanistic, profoundly touching work representing independent cinema at its finest should be seen by far wider audiences.

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    I could only handle sitting through half the movie so if there is some spectacular ending that I missed I am sorry. There was little to no emotion and I felt nothing for the characters. All the rave reviews were strictly because of the subject matter.… Expand
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