A group of high school friends reunite in their hometown for the funeral of an old buddy, 'Bender'; they will spend a weekend struggling to accept that Bender escaped what they can't — adulthood.
Acting
Kip Pardue's Mitch simmers with unspoken resentment.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like actual drunk friends, not movie friends.
Director
Matt Oates
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Kaley Cuoco's first dramatic role—pre-Big Bang Theory, playing against her sitcom image.
Released in 2006, it captures the exact moment before social media made hometown reunions performative spectacles—this is analog alienation.
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