Saw this last night (it's on pay per view, but is £1.99 on Amazon). An overly quirky drama about really unlikable people, but it kind of won me over in the end.
Without spoilers, the great Richard Jenkins and 80s star Debra Winger play aging con artists who've raised their daughter, Evan Rachel Wood, in the family game. None of them seem to have any warmth or human emotion, so it's the antithesis of something like Shoplifters where all the petty crooks are adorable. Also considering they've been doing cons for 25+ years, they don't seem very good at it. Then for no good reason they team up with the gorgeous, adorable Gina Rodriguez to do some more cons, which upsets the family dynamics in various ways. And that's your plot.
There's also lots of weirdness: they stay in an apartment which is genuinely one of the most comically horrible living places, there seem to be repeated earthquakes, and much more. And it doesn't always make a huge amount of sense plotwise, which may be partly intentional. What's the scam with the hot tub?
It's from the singular mind of Miranda July, none of whose other work I've actually seen, but I think she's been mentioned on the boards so would be interested to hear more about her. As a film it's not going to be for everyone but is certainly unusual, with some funny bits, and kind of a symbolic or allegorical quality.
