Introducing the Dwights

Product Description A sexual coming of age comedy about a shy and inexperienced 20 year-old, his raucous comedienne mother, and his assertive, accidentally funny girlfriend. Amazon.com Though Introducing the Dwights lacks a truly original plot, smart acting rescues scenes verging on slapstick and melodrama. Australian director Cherie Nowlan ( The Wedding Party) has assembled a wonderful cast for this comedic drama about two teenage sons struggling for autonomy from their mother. In it, aging comedienne Jean (Brenda Blethyn) reigns over her disabled son, Mark (Richard Wilson) and Tim (Khan Chittenden), who works to win Jean over to his new girlfriend, Jill (Emma Booth). This coming-of-age tale is as much about Blethyn's performance as a single, joke-telling mom as it is about Chittenden and Booth, who portray sexually curious young adults with honesty and humor. True to life, many of the most poignant conversations take place in the living room between mother and children. Whether Tim and Jill come home to mom, drunk and dancing around the living room, or experiment in Jill's bedroom with passionate awkwardness, the scenes in Introducing the Dwights portray a family whose love eternally bonds them. ? Trinie Dalton