‘Take Me Home’ Review: Sundance Award-Winner Paints an Intimate Portrait of a Family in Crisis

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• And yet, writer-director Liz Sargent’s debut feature — which premiered in the U. S.
• Dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award — is suffused with love: the director’s love for her own sibling, who stars in the film, but also the tenacious and so often under-appreciated love of caregiving.
• Related Stories Golden Globes Hit 8.7 Million Viewers Amid NFL Competition Stephen Colbert Reveals Date of Final 'Late Show' Episode That the trio’s affection often expresses itself in frustrated shouts, sighed exasperation or muted defeat, has become part of the bargain for 38-year-old Anna, who takes care of and is cared for by her parents (Victor Slezak as Dad and Marceline Hugot as Mom).
• Popular on Variety When we enter their cramped Florida home, this wee mutual aid society of three is in a brewing crisis.
• Acknowledging this on the parents’ part would signal a defeat.