If you're looking for "Barbarians" or "Invasions," do not rent this movie.If you want to see one of the better movies made in the last 10 years, check it out.
A heartaching tale of an estranged father, friend and husband, who finds himself at death's door. The son who never lived up to his father's personal aspirations comes home to heal old wounds and to ease his father into the afterlife.
As the film continues, there are subtle comments about aging, death, socialism, love, sex and drugs.
At times, the film plays a little hokey as all these friends (mysteriously absent at the beginning) come out of the woodworks -- seemingly too busy or far away to see their old bohemian running buddy, they seem like they're always at the hospital with seemingly no jobs or famalial responsibilities.
Anyway, fantastic film and well worth every second.
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