She makes a rash decision that she later regrets when she tries to get closer to the plastic fantasy image that surrounds her. In theaters and available to rent or buy on Amazon, Vudu and other streaming platforms and pay TV operators.Emma ( Alison Pill) is a comic-book artist who works in a factory that manufactures sex dolls, but it's messing with her head. How much did Grandma spend on that remodel?”įilmed during quarantine in 2020, “Family Squares” uses the communication tools of the pandemic era to deliver a film with the intimacy of a home movie, while still exploring the chaos and limitations of technology.įamily Squares Rated R for language. For example, one granddaughter, Dorsey (Judy Greer), in a dig at her sister, Katie (Casey Wilson), comments, “Your kitchen looks really nice. Laing’s writing is sharp, drawing vivid characters and exposing family tensions through acerbic dialogue.

The inherent clumsiness of Zoom interactions gives rise to other funny moments, such as a decision by Cassie (Elsie Fisher) to sit with Mabel’s body “until the free session runs out.” When she’s still there a while later, her father asks incredulously, “How has it not expired yet?” (She has upgraded to a premium account, using his credit card.) The star-studded cast is introduced in a hectic grid: The faces include Mabel’s son, Bobby daughter, Diane (Margo Martindale) late-in-life partner, Judith (Ann Dowd) and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.Īfter less than a minute of virtual overtalk, a grandson, Robert (Billy Magnussen), a whistle blower hiding out in Russia, suggests they raise their hands when they want to speak the others respond with mocking middle fingers.

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