Life in suburban Serenity, Ohio is never quite as serene as it appears. And just when the Burnett family - Bunnie (Hope Davis), Jack (Dermot Mulroney) and their twin 17 year olds Eric (Max Theriot) and Kelly (Britt Robertson) - seems a lost cause, they get an unlikely and unexpected second chance at happiness when an unusual accident leaves Bunnie with a case of amnesia.
For Jack, work has become a disheartening mix of begging for promotion and empty flirting with co-workers. Bunnie intersperses charity work with playful trysts with their next door neighbor Simon Krebbs (Chi McBride). When one of these liaisons leaves Bunnie unconscious, her memory loss confuses everyone - but no one more than Bunnie, who cannot remember her bad marriage, her children, or even the affair that caused her amnesia.
After all, every family has its hang-ups.
The Family Tree is a hilarious and touching, offbeat but timely and ultimately uplifting comedy which explores the frailties and complexities of the contemporary American family - and what it takes to survive in a suburban jungle fraught with loaded weapons, star-crossed lovers, teens run amok, religious intolerance, and even a voyeur or two in the mix.
But before long, a stew of past relationships, kids with guns, suicidal teachers, a very zealous religious club, misinterpreted advances, corporate down-sizing, and one very tricky mother-in-law combine to create enough mayhem to test the resolve, sanity and future of any family!
Bunnie’s new ‘lack of awareness’ masks the Burnett’s problems for a while. And with Jack getting his long-sought promotion and “new Bunnie” feeling closer than ever to Jack and her children, things seem to finally be settling down.
The Family Tree is directed by Vivi Friedman.
