Emily Smith-Dungy (Olesya Rulin) is obsessed with jump rope. She wins a competition at school but nobody from her family showed up. Her father Duncan Dungy (Matthew Modine) is a painter who hasn't painted in years. Her mother Samantha (Kristin Chenoweth) is always absent being the breadwinner. Her sister Lucinda (Joey King) is obsessed with movie acting. Her brother Jackson pretends to be gay. The youngest Mickey and grandmother (Shirley Jones) are the other family members. Neighbor Kat (Chloe Bridges) is Emily's sometimes friend and sometimes tormentor. Chris has a crush on her. She has had enough of her parents. She drugs them and ties them up to force them to confront their issues. When Samantha's assistant Rick shows up, Emily hits him over the head and locks him in a cage.
This is another dysfunctional family comedy. The characters are certainly dysfunctional enough. The question is whether there is enough fun and importantly heart. The fun peters out as the broadly strange characteristics fade away. It tries to have heart but the movie is stuck in a house with melodrama. It's a lot quirky without the laughs.
This is another dysfunctional family comedy. The characters are certainly dysfunctional enough. The question is whether there is enough fun and importantly heart. The fun peters out as the broadly strange characteristics fade away. It tries to have heart but the movie is stuck in a house with melodrama. It's a lot quirky without the laughs.