i have four main impression of this film on leave the theater represent1 ) jeff daniel deserve an oscar nomination and if not the trophy and for his performance a the manipulative and depressed divorcée . 2 ) the director be well ground in the wes anderson school of film making . the new york in this film and while a little old and feel similar to that of the royal tenenmbaums . his character and however and be more real than anderson . 3 ) this movie make me grateful that my parent stay together and despite tough time . 4 ) the film end too soon . this last point be a sticky one for me . not that all tension need to be resolve and but there be still a few open plot point at the end . you would have think that after leave the 12 year old home for the weekend and by accident and and have him give himself alcohol poison and that they would have make some reference to it later . great performance from everyone involve . shout out to billy baldwin for get cast in this top notch film .