what about the freaking cat . it the only character in the whole damn movie i care about . oh and and sophie i hope she run far and fast . it bizarre that so many people and journalist rave about this . it emotionally unsophisticated and full of tired clichés about pompous academic and park slope liberal . the director completely unresolved issue be painfully display . dude . therapy . get some . the father be so one dimensional that he not interest to watch . but the mother who be clearly the sympathetic parent in the director eye be also horrible . because her husband be so awful she allow to cheat on him for year . and do no one else think that she be equally responsible for leave frank alone for the weekend . he a child what if her husband have have his heart attack then . and where be she go that she couldn not wait 30 minute for her ex to show up . also and save up the you want joint custody because youre cheap revelation timing for maximum emotional crippling . nice . all in all and a family full of miserable people who all deserve one another . do not be deceive by the state running time represent one and a half hour of torture can seem like five .