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A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League institutions for which she seems destined. Dad Harry spends all his time building model trains in the basement, while workaholic mom Martha depends on Evie to take care of her other daughter, developmentally challenged Emily. When she's not busy reading poetry to her sister Emily, Evie hangs out with James (Fran Kranz), the sensitive boy next door, whose romantic overtures prove too confusing to acknowledge. College also seems too daunting, so Evie deliberately blows one university interview after another in the hopes of staying at home as her sister's keeper. Meanwhile, Evie begins passing off her own poems as Emily's, fuelling the belief that her brain-damaged sister is actually a literary savant.

Genres: Drama

Starring: Lauren Ambrose, Amy Madigan, Christopher Lloyd

Released: October 16, 2004

Runtime: 84.0

Popularity Rating: 0.351

Evie Brighton Lauren Ambrose
Martha Brighton Amy Madigan
Steward Worthy Christopher Lloyd
James Parks Fran Kranz
Emily Brighton Taylor Roberts
Stanford Interviewer Vernee Watson-Johnson
Dartmouth Interviewer Benjamin Pratt
Harvard Interviewer Scott Adsit
Harry Brighton John Savage

Camera — Director of Photography: Paul Ryan
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Department Head: Vivian Baker
Directing — Director: Melissa Painter
Editing — Editor: Robert Frazen
Production — Casting: Sheila Jaffe
Production — Executive Producer: Brian Presley
Production — Executive Producer: Joyce Schweickert
Production — Producer: Annette Vait
Sound — Original Music Composer: Thomas Schobel
Writing — Screenplay: Dawn O'Leary