The script is pretty rubbish; it's something that was obviously written by high school students.However, the performances are fantastic. Every single actor puts in an amazing effort; and Emilia Jones is a standout, for her age. Worth watching just to appreciate the performers. Not the story, that's awful.

...what you looking for. for bitter humor, off course. and for admirable performances. a film about family. and about basic truths. nothing surprising. nothing new. except the wise manner to say an easy and almost absurde story in the right way, proposing to the viewer the meeting with a lot of memories. a splendid picture of childhood. and the remind of the precise perspective about near reality of kids. short, a film who must see. for smiles. for surprises. for the forms of irony. and for the end. and sure, as husband/brother/wife / parent or child or teenager , for the impression to see a film about yourself.

I love the oldest daughter with the notepad and the comment she made to her dysfunctional parents, 'I'm ready to document all the lies you're going to tell me, so I can remember them'...something of that nature. I loved how the kids took charge and made decisions for themselves albeit they were choices that they heard coming from their grandfather's mouth. They wanted to respect his wishes. In the end, I liked the fact that they said 'nothing really matters' and I can relate because it's where we've been to where we are going. Nothing in between matters if it is not a fond or cherished memory. Let's see how far we've come and how far we go. Their accents were from Europe, so a bit challenging here in America.

Pro tip: like "Ondine" - the Irish fairy tale story about seal people - you are going to need to turn on your close captioning to fight your way through the Scottish accents in this family dramedy about a family falling apart. It will be well worth it as the film includes a host of excellent one-liners often delivered by children (Father: "so you have a big rock that protects you from other big rocks?" Daughter: "yes, just like in real life."). The surprisingly aging comedian Billy Connelley plays the dying patriarch whom the family goes to visit on their holiday as the parent cope to create a soft landing for the children from their impending divorce. Hilarity ensues. Much of it that farcical manners comedy where people act in a way that best serves the comedy rather than reflecting the actual way people behave. Given the age of the children, some of the divorce drama (Pike's character screams: "Wallace is the name of the man I'm screwing" in front of them) gets uncomfortable and when played for laughs makes the audience uncomfortable. Still, anything the exquisite Pike stars in can't not be worth viewing. In short, a good little foreign film if you can follow the dialog.