perhaps you must be in the thirty something crowd to really appreciate the time and attention to detail it take for this film to convey the period and the attitude of the character . it be so sullen and casual it reek probability and reality . this be not an oliver stone idealistic 60 where everyone be wear bell bottom and tie dye and drive around in red mustang . there be a distinctive generation gap between the parent and child in the movie . the father and mother still pay homage to the 50 and cling to to the ideal of raise a home when it be obvious the kid be already grow and move on . there be a sense of transition and transformation strong for both party and you feel the pivot turn . the girl all each savor a little grow up and unique and personal to themselves while the parent become lose in failed expectation and guilt about the loss of a child year earlier .