really the tale of two cocky brother and their respective fall from grace ( via drug addiction ) and late redemption . one brother and a self proclaim genius play by james franco be your typical sensitive but intelligent man child . the other brother be a hard working future doctor who become less judgmental a he himself fall prey to addiction while deal with the stress of live up to his family expectation for both child . not too heavy hand a drug fable be want to be and and all in all a pretty realistic sketch of the family dynamic that drug problem bring about . i would recommend it to anyone interested in such character study and commend james franco for his effort in what be obviously a labor of love .