The Playroom (2012)

Four children in their attic hideaway make up a fantastic story, while downstairs their parents weave a drunken intrigue of their own.

Director:

Julia Dyer

Writer:

Gretchen Dyer

Stars:

Ian Veteto, Alexandra Doke, Jonathon McClendon

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Ian Veteto	...	Sam / younger son
Alexandra Doke	...	Janie / younger daughter
Jonathon McClendon	...	Christian / elder son
Olivia Harris	...	Maggie Cantwell
Cody Linley	...	Ryan
Molly Parker	...	Donna Cantwell
John Hawkes	...	Martin Cantwell
Lydia Mackay	...	Nadia / Clark's wife
Jonathan Freeman	...	Clark / Nadia's husband (as Jonathan Brooks)
Hondo	...	The Cat
Woolfie	...	The Dog

Storyline

In 1970s suburbia, Maggie, who has just lost her virginity that day and her younger siblings, Christian, Janie and Sam spend the night telling each other stories in the attic. When their parents return home, it soon becomes apparent that the family dynamics are frayed, with the housewife mother Donna, clearly a heavy drinker and a lawyer father Martin, affectionate but distracted. Still, everything seems normal. It isn't until the arrival of another couple, Clark and Nadia for a night of cards and drinks that things begin to unravel.

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Plot Keywords:

man's wife has affair with best friend | large breasts | flirtatious wife | flirting with one's wife | england | 

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Taglines:

It's 1975. Do you know where your parents are?

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Julia and Gretchen Dyer filmed a ten-minute teaser of this film in the Dallas, Texas, area in October 1992 to show to potential producers.

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Connections

Featured in Maltin on Movies: Identity Thief (2013)

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Soundtracks

Oogum Boogum
Performed by Brenton Wood
Written by Brenton Wood (as Alfred J .Smith)
(Bonnyview Music Corp. (ASCAP))
Courtesy of Original Sound Entertainment

User Reviews

Quite Subtle About A Violent Family.

The whole situation is in a house where a two couples fool around and most of them aren't happy about what they did. And the children of one of the couples just dream, hallucinate about a feeble, imaginary story. Both narratives are simple and straight-forward.

Acting is okay, cast is good and the plot is slippery. It bores you midway because the purpose of creating a film about a family and their disconnections, fades away. But if you keep watching, a conclusion arrives and you start perceiving what went all the way to 90 minutes of slow screenplay.

For amateur cast, director and writers, I would dub it as a good venture. Try harder and keep it up!

I cannot say I enjoyed the movie but yeah it is 6/10. Don't bother for the DVD. It will be up in HBO sometime.

WATCH OUT FOR: nothing special to watch out for.

Language: Strong | Sex: Strong | Nudity: Very Strong | Alcohol & Smoking: Critically Strong | Violence: Strong

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 February 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

A játékszoba

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,900, 7 April 2013

Gross USA:

$5,964

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,964

Company Credits

Production Co:

One Mind Productions, Circle of Confusion, Ten96 Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color