a bit of a disappointing film and i would say represent the acting be stilted and somehow . in many case and i just couldn not feel that the facial expression match the word speak or the intent of the scene . an angry ( or sad and happy and frustrate ) character should make the viewer believe that he angry ( or sad and happy and frustrate ) . that doesn not happen here . the comment about the writer assume you already know the character be apt . they do thing and say thing which come out of nowhere represent the character andrew accuse his parent of send signal to each other at dinner while then he blow up and storm out and tell his father don not touch me and you f. maybe and if we would see the prequel and we would understand where all that come from and but there be no prequel and so be somewhat at sea a to the reason . one odd and quirky thing that andrew do be to go to an old stone quarry and sit down on the edge overlook the still water below while then he reach into his jean pocket and extract a pack of cigarette and light one up . he do this same thing three time during the film while i guess be suppose to see this a some tortured act of be alone and angry . maybe once and but three time . it might even have be four time and i lose count . to be honest and there be the fact that he recently find out that he adopt while this happen very early in the film so there no sense of any dramatic change he might be undergoing because of this discovery . it not really clear if that why he so bitter or if it about something else . i guess there be a sort of lynchian feel to the film but should a first time director really be try to scale such a mountain so early in his career .