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FINDING JOY

By Carlo DE ROSA

Comedy - Completed 2012

A self-absorbed writer, stuck in more ways than one, rediscovers himself, his offbeat family, and what it means to be happy when he meets Joy, a spirited young woman who asks him to write her obituary.

- Year of production
- 2012
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 96 mn
- Director(s)
- Carlo DE ROSA
- Writer(s)
- Shona TUCKMAN
- Cast
- Arielle HOFFMAN, Barry BOSTWICK, Josh COOKE, Kiki HARRIS, Lainie KAZAN, Liane BALABAN, Taylor BUNCH
- Producer(s)
- Brad TUCKMAN, Richard DIPATRI, Shona TUCKMAN
- Synopsis
- Pompous and self-absorbed KYLE LIVINGSTON, mid-30s, (Josh Cooke), is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly unravels forcing him to return home to his wildly eccentric family with his tail between his legs, only to discover his estranged father, ALAN, 60s, (Barry Bostwick), a handsome agoraphobic curmudgeon, has converted his old bedroom into a tacky bathroom, fueling Kyle’s rage against his family his older brother MARSHALL, 40s, (Tyler Bunch) a goofball telemarketer with a secret, his sister-in-law PATSY, late 30s, (Kiki Harris), a highly strung former cheerleader in the middle of a meltdown, MEL , 14, (Arielle Hoffman) their wise, sensitive, largely ignored daughter, and GLORIA, 60s, (LAINIE KAZAN) Alan’s exuberant, nurturing live-in lady friend.