Ari Graynor, Bryce Dallas Howard, Frances O'Connor

One hot summer day, somewhere in the vast sprawl of American suburbia, a high school teacher (Simon Baker) and his wife (Frances O'Connor) befriend a 15-year-old boy (Gregory Smith) who works at a loc...( read more  read more... )al ice cream store. But all is not as it seems in this idyllic setting, as the boy soon becomes a "complication" for the two adults.

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R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Alan Brown

Release Date: January 1, 2004

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DVD Release Date: April 26, 2005

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  • November 9, 2007
    An interesting film!
  • January 8, 2009
    a woman sexually involved with a young collegue student. is love triangle could be equilateral?
  • December 10, 2008
    Good story, good acting. Great directing, great soundtrack. And a beautiful cover of the titular song before Peter Gabriel gave it even more exposure later that year in Shall We Dance. A highly recommended film.
  • November 5, 2008
    it was a humorous look at the iribulations of unrequited love and sour relationships.
  • October 2, 2008
    such awkward looking movie. Storyline wasn't that interesting and the acting here were pretty poor.
  • July 10, 2007
    this couple has isssues not just something that happens either wife sleeps w/ friend and the dudes students want in his pants OK film... Disney Land was a promise even after he did a bad deed
  • June 21, 2007
    Interesting story with Gregory Smith as a teen who has an affair with a married woman, only to be attacked by her husband at Disneyworld. There's probably better things to watch.
  • May 27, 2007
    neither bad nor good
  • May 6, 2007
    Nice unpredictable movie...
  • April 5, 2007
    HA...I want to see this just to see a youthful energetic 15 year old named Chet who helps a couple embrace their intimacy!!

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