A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League institutions for which she seems destined. Dad Harry spends all his time building model trains in the basement, while workaholic mom Martha depends on Evie to take care of her other daughter, developmentally challenged Emily. When she's not busy reading poetry to her sister Emily, Evie hangs out with James (Fran Kranz), the sensitive boy next door, whose romantic overtures prove too confusing to acknowledge. College also seems too daunting, so Evie deliberately blows one university interview after another in the hopes of staying at home as her sister's keeper. Meanwhile, Evie begins passing off her own poems as Emily's, fuelling the belief that her brain-damaged sister is actually a literary savant.
Lauren Ambrose
as Evie Brighton
Amy Madigan
as Martha Brighton
Christopher Lloyd
as Steward Worthy
Fran Kranz
as James Parks
Taylor Roberts
as Emily Brighton
Vernee Watson-Johnson
as Stanford Interviewer
Benjamin Pratt
as Dartmouth Interviewer
Scott Adsit
as Harvard Interviewer
John Savage
as Harry Brighton
