Upon movi
ng into he
r husband&
#39;s child
hood home to he
lp take care
of his elder
ly relatives,
Jean Cop
eland, an emot
ionally with
drawn wife and
mother o
f two, become
s embroiled
in an affair
with a s
uicidal
lover. He
r husband, G
ordon, i
s oblivious,
too busy w
orrying that
he&#
39;s losing
his most pri
zed possess
ion, his min
d, after a r
un-in with
an ex-girl
friend he d
oesn&#39
;t remember.
19-year-
old, Priscil
la, is a fashi
onista despe
rate to
become a
reality TV sta
r, whi
le 9-year
-old cro
ssword fanatic
, Otis, has
fallen in lov
e for the
very first
time. Otis (p
layed by Noa
h schanpp) fal
ls in love wi
th Caterina (
played by Carol
ine Mills)
after,
well,
forever. Wi
th Gordon&amp
;#39;s fa
ther, Theod
ore, fading in
to dementia,
and 95-year o
ld matriarch,
Vivian, des
peratel
y clingi
ng to control
of the house
, the six fam
ily membe
rs, at five st
ages of life
, distil
l the dr
eams,
worries, and
regrets,
of cont
emporary Americ
a.　　Upon m
oving in
to her
husband
&#
39;s child
hood hom
e to help ta
ke care of his
elderl
y relat
ives,